Mycobiology.
2011 Mar;39(1):33-39.
Screening Wild Yeast Strains for Alcohol Fermentation from Various Fruits
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- 1Division of Life Sciences, University of Incheon, Incheon 406-772, Korea. kjw5864@incheon.ac.kr
- 2Department of Food Sciences and Technology, Chungnam National University, Daejeon 305-764, Korea.
- 3Department of Food Science and Nutrition, Hallym University, Chuncheon 200-702, Korea.
Abstract
- Wild yeasts on the surface of various fruits including grapes were surveyed to obtain yeast strains suitable for fermenting a novel wine with higher alcohol content and supplemented with rice starch. We considered selected characteristics, such as tolerance to alcohol and osmotic pressure, capability of utilizing maltose, and starch hydrolysis. Among 637 putative yeast isolates, 115 strains exhibiting better growth in yeast-peptone-dextrose broth containing 30% dextrose, 7% alcohol, or 2% maltose were selected, as well as five alpha-amylase producers. Nucleotide sequence analysis of the 26S rDNA gene classified the strains into 13 species belonging to five genera; Pichia anomala was the most prevalent (41.7%), followed by Wickerhamomyces anomalus (19.2%), P. guilliermondii (15%), Candida spp. (5.8%), Kodamaea ohmeri (2.5%), and Metschnikowia spp. (2.5%). All of the alpha-amylase producers were Aureobasidium pullulans. Only one isolate (NK28) was identified as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. NK28 had all of the desired properties for the purpose of this study, except alpha-amylase production, and fermented alcohol better than commercial wine yeasts.
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