“…With the exception of Anaerolineaceae, all other core bacterial groups in pit mud detected here by DGGE were reported previously including Clostridium cluster IV , Syntrophomonas , Petrimonas , Bacteroidetes , Lachnospiraceae , Planctomycete , Lactobacillus , Lactobacillus acetotolerans and Porphyromonadaceae . Furthermore, eight of 14 core genera in pit mud detected here by high‐throughput sequencing were also previously reported, including Syntrophaceticus , Clostridium cluster IV , Syntrophomonas , Petrimonas , Caloramator , Lactobacillus , Sedimentibacter and Aminobacterium . These findings showed that the microorganisms in pit mud from Zhijiang Baijiu distillery was similar to that from other distilleries.…”