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Authentication and identification of Saccharomyces cerevisiae‘flor’ yeast races involved in sherry ageing
2004
Yeasts involved in velum formation during biological ageing of sherry wine have to date been classified into four races of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (beticus, cheresiensis, montuliensis, rouxii) according to their abilities to ferment different sugars. It has been proposed that race succession during biological ageing is essential for the development of the organoleptical properties of sherry wines. In this work we studied the physiological characteristics, the molecular differentiation and the phylogenetic relationships of the four races employing type and reference strains from culture collections and natural environments. Using restriction analysis of the ribosomal region that includes th…
Isolating Wine Yeasts that are Specific to the Apold Region and Identifying them through RFLP Genetic Methods
2015
The present study aims at isolating, identifying and selecting autochthonous wine yeast strains with a view to establish a crop bank specific to the Apold area. 569 wine yeast strains were isolated during the alcoholic fermentation of must from the Apold area, 458 were identified through cultural methods and with the help of the API 20 C AUX test (Biomeriux, France). Six yeast strains (A87, A169, A296, A314, A132 and A413) were genetically identified through the PCR-ITS RFLP method of the 5.8S-ITS segment; the resulting four strains were Saccharomyces cerevisiae - A87, A169, A296, A314 - and two Saccharomyces bayanus strains - A132 și A413. The strains we identified constitute a base for t…
Characterization of wine yeast strains of the Saccharomyces genus on the basis of molecular markers: Relationships between genetic distance and geogr…
1996
Summary We identify and characterize 31 Saccharomyces strains from different wine regions, deposited at the Spanish Type Culture Collection, according to mtDNA restriction patterns and chromosomal profiles. By using this kind of information we analyze the correlation between genetic distances and ecological or geographical factors by means of a cluster analysis, assessed by an analysis of the molecular variance (AMOVA). From these analyses, red wine strains are significantly grouped according to their geographic origin, independently of the wine type and the grapevine cultivar, and white wine strians according to ecological factors (wine type of grapevine cultivars). This study also confirm…
Saccharomyces cerevisiae-Oenococcus oeni interactions in wine: current knowledge and perspectives.
2003
Winemaking can be summarized as the biotransformation of must into wine, which is performed principally by Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains during the primary or alcoholic fermentation. A secondary fermentation, the so-called malolactic fermentation (MLF) is a biodeacidification that is often encouraged, since it improves wine stability and quality. Malolactic fermentation usually occurs either spontaneously or after inoculation with selected bacteria after alcoholic fermentation. The main organism responsible for MLF, the lactic acid bacterium Oenococcus oeni, develops in physicochemically harsh conditions, which may lead to MLF failure. Furthermore, yeast that ferment must before or toget…
Recent Advances in Yeast Biomass Production
2011
Yeasts have been used by humans to produce foods for thousands of years. Bread, wine, sake and beer are made with the essential contribution of yeasts, especially from the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The first references to humans using yeasts were found in Caucasian and Mesopotamian regions and date back to approximately 7000 BC. However, it was not until 1845 when Louis Pasteur discovered that yeasts were microorganisms capable of fermenting sugar to produce CO2 and ethanol. Ancient practices were based on the natural presence of this unicellular eukaryote, which spontaneously starts the fermentation of sugars. As industrialisation increased the manufacture of fermented products, th…
Hydrolysis and sorption by Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains of Chardonnay grape must glycosides during fermentation
2005
Abstract Different Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains were tested for their ability to hydrolyse glycosyl–glucose (G–G) compounds present in Chardonnay must during alcoholic fermentation. The determination of glycosyl–glucose during the course of the alcoholic fermentation of Chardonnay grape must revealed that S. cerevisiae is able to hydrolyse G–G during alcoholic fermentation in wine conditions. The extent of hydrolysis vary from 17 to 57% of the initial glycoside concentration. In order to confirm that decrease in G–G concentration during alcoholic fermentation is due to hydrolytic action and not to sorption phenomenon, in the first experiment, an analysis of the osidic part of Chardonnay…
Genetic and molecular basis of the aroma production in S. kudriavzevii, S. uvarum and S. cerevisiae
2016
En la presente tesis nos hemos centrado en el estudio del papel de las especies S. uvarum y S. kudriavzevii en la síntesis de aromas y como principal aplicación en la elaboración de vinos. En estudios anteriores, estas dos especies, estrechamente relacionadas con S.cerevisiae, mostraron diferencias notables durante la producción de alcoholes superiores y ésteres cuando se comparaban con S. cerevisiae (Gamero et al., 2013; Pérez-Torrado et al., 2015). Los alcoholes superiores y ésteres formados por las levaduras, son componentes claves en el sabor y el aroma de los productos fermentados. Tal y como hemos mencionado previamente, S. kudriavzevii y S. uvarum presentan diferencias muy significat…
Killer toxin-secreting double-stranded RNA mycoviruses in the yeasts Hanseniaspora uvarum and Zygosaccharomyces bailii.
1994
Killer toxin-secreting strains of the yeasts Hanseniaspora uvarum and Zygosaccharomyces bailii were shown to contain linear double-stranded RNAs (dsRNAs) that persist within the cytoplasm of the infected host cell as encapsidated virus-like particles. In both yeasts, L- and M-dsRNAs were associated with 85-kDa major capsid protein, whereas the additional Z-dsRNA (2.8 kb), present only in the wild-type Z. bailii killer strain, was capsid protein, whereas the additional Z-dsRNA (2.8 kb), present only in the wild-type Z. bailii killer strain, was shown to be encapsidated by a 35-kDa coat protein. Although Northern (RNA) blot hybridizations indicated that L-dsRNA from Z. bailii is a LA species,…
Functional exploration of the stress response in microorganisms of technological interest : dynamics of membrane response after an ethanol shock in S…
2015
The study of membrane response induced by ethanol stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae aims to understand mechanisms involved in the survival of eukaryotic cells submitted to high ethanol concentrations. The cell membrane by its position between the intra- and extracellular environment is the first target of ethanolic perturbations. Experiments performed in this study aimed to characterize the maintain of the functional integrity of the membrane in relation to the sterol composition in the yeast S. cerevisiae submitted to different types of ethanolic disturbances: increasing concentrations of ethanol in the growth medium; ethanolic shocks of increasing magnitude; shock 20% ethanol for 15 minu…
Study and characterization of the "Viable but non-culturable" state in Saccharomyces cerevisiae
2013
The viable but not culturable (VBNC) state has been studied in detail in bacteria. Bycontrast the VBNC state in other microorganisms, including particularly eukaryotes, has receivedmuch less attention. However, it has been suggested that in wine, Brettanomyces yeast cells mayenter a Viable But Not Culturable State, in particular in the presence of high, sulfur dioxide(SO2) concentration.To provide conclusive evidences for the existence of a VBNC state in yeast, especially in S.cerevisiae as a model organism, the capacity of different S cerevisiae strains to become viableand not cultivable after a sulfite stress with various concentrations of SO2 was studied by flowcytometry (FCM) using fluo…