酱香型白酒酿造拜耳接合酵母生理代谢特征及其与地衣芽孢杆菌相互作用

【目的】拜耳接合酵母(Zygosaccharomyces bailii)是酱香型白酒酿造过程优势菌株。通过研究拜耳接合酵母酿造相关生理代谢特征及其与酿造环境中其它功能菌株的相互作用,探索其在白酒酿造过程中的贡献。【方法】从酱香酒酿造中筛选一株性能优良的拜耳接合酵母,比较其与模式菌株(Z.bailii,ATCC 58445)的生理代谢特征。通过组合发酵研究其与产酱香特征风味细菌地衣芽孢杆菌的相互作用。【结果】从酱香型酒醅中筛选得到一株性状优良的拜耳接合酵母(Z.bailii 15),可耐受p H 2.0和37°C高温及8%酒精浓度(体积比),较模式株更适应酿造环境,酒精产量(33.58 g/L)也远高于模式株(19.04 g/L),且与酱香型白酒酿酒酵母MT1(34.29 g/L)相当。该菌可产多种风味物质,与模式株相比,独特产生法呢醇、十二醇、2-壬醇、2-乙基己醇、癸酸、月桂酸、辛酸、辛酸乙酯、苯乙酮、4-叔丁基苯酚。共培养体系中,30°C条件下地衣芽孢杆菌对拜耳接合酵母生长影响不大,而在37°C地衣芽孢杆菌抑制拜耳接合酵母生长。此外,地衣芽孢杆菌对拜耳接合酵母乙醇转化率有促进作用,共培养体系风味物质种类及含量也都受到很大影响。【结论】拜耳接合酵母在酱香型白酒酿造体系中产酒精、产风味方面表现优异,对酱香型白酒生产具有重要贡献。     

酱香型白酒发酵中酵母群落结构及其对风味组分的影响

【目的】研究酱香型白酒发酵过程中酵母群落结构,及其对酱香型白酒生产的影响。【方法】通过变性梯度凝胶电泳(DGGE)和实时荧光定量PCR(RT-q PCR)技术分别对产量、酒质较高的第五轮次和较低的第七轮次发酵过程中的酵母群落结构进行解析,同时利用顶空固相微萃取气质联用(HS-SPME-GC-MS)以及高效液相色谱(HPLC)技术分析酒醅中的代谢组分,初步分析了酵母群落对酱香型白酒产量及品质的影响。【结果】用DGGE方法从酒醅中的检测到Issatchenkia orientalis、Torulaspora delbrueckii、Pichia galeiformis、Schizosaccharomyces pombe、Galactomyces geotrichum、Trichosporon asahii、Zygosaccharomyces bailii、Saccharomyces cerevisiae和Pichia fabianii等9种含量丰富的酵母,其中G.geotrichum和S.cerevisiae是第五轮的优势酵母,而第七轮的优势酵母增加了I.orientalis和Z.bailii两种酵母,且Sc.pombe未检测到。第七轮发酵过程中5种酵母在发酵后期衰亡明显,第五轮酵母群落结构相对更稳定;发酵前期第五轮酵母总量是第七轮的2–5倍,而发酵结束时第五轮乙醇含量达到第七轮次的2.45倍。酒醅中挥发性风味组分种类丰富,第五轮中酯类等白酒中重要的风味物质含量明显高于第七轮,有机酸和杂醇油含量低于第七轮。【结论】酱香型白酒酿造过程中酵母菌群多样性较丰富,酵母菌群结构变化对白酒产量及品质影响明显,这为酱香型白酒酿造机制研究奠定了基础。     

酱香型白酒发酵中两株主要乳酸菌对酿造微生物群体的影响

【目的】研究从酱香型白酒发酵酒醅中分离得到的2株主要乳酸菌Lactobacillus homohiochii XJ-L1和Lactobacillus buchneri XJ-L2对酱香型白酒发酵中酿造微生物群体的作用,并探索该种相互作用对酱香型白酒品质的影响。【方法】结合抑菌实验和组合发酵实验研究L. homohiochii XJ-L1和L. buchneri XJ-L2对酿造微生物群体生长的影响,通过对纯培养和共培养体系中代谢物的比较,研究2株优势乳酸菌对主要酿造酵母风味相关代谢产物的影响。【结果】L. buchneri XJ-L2能够抑制3株芽孢杆菌(Bacillus amyloliquefaciens XJ-B1,Bacillus subtilis XJ-B2,Bacillus licheniformis XJ-B3)、5株霉菌(Aspergillus oryzae XJ-M1,Aspergillus niger XJ-M2,Aspergillus flavus XJ-M3,Aspergillus albicans XJ-M4,Rhizopus oryzae XJ-M5)、2株酵母(Schizosaccharomyces pombe XJ-Y4,Geotrichum candidum XJ-Y5)的生长;L. homohiochii XJ-L1和L. buchneri XJ-L2能够促进3株主要酵母(Saccharomyces cerevisiae XJ-Y1,Zygosaccharomyces bailii XJ-Y2,Pichia galeiformis XJ-Y3)的生长,同时促进其酸类、醇类、酯类等风味物质的代谢。【结论】L. homohiochii XJ-L1和L. buchneri XJ-L2可促进3株主要酵母的生长代谢,同时L. buchneri XJ-L2明显抑制细菌、霉菌和少数酵母的生长,以此促进和维持主要酵母在酱香型白酒发酵过程中的生态地位,从而影响酒中酸类、醇类、酯类等风味物质的形成,保证酱香型白酒的品质。因此,适当比例的乳酸菌对维持酿造微生物区系平衡,生产典型酱香品质白酒具有重要意义。     

中国酱香型白酒酿造酿酒酵母的独特生理代谢特征

【目的】酿酒酵母是白酒发酵的主要微生物,对白酒的产量及质量都有重要影响。而酱香酒酿造环境具有高温、酸性、高乙醇等胁迫因素,研究其中酿酒酵母的生理代谢特征并有目的地应用于白酒实际生产中的意义。【方法】从酱香酒酿造环境中筛选一株性能优良的酿酒酵母菌株,比较其与酿酒酵母模式菌株S288c和商业酵母的生理代谢特征。【结果】从酱香型酒醅中筛选得到性能优良的Saccharomyces cerevisiae MT1,该菌株可耐受高温42 °C,高浓度乙醇(16%,体积比),低pH (2.0),其最大比生长速率和最大比产乙醇速率分别达到了S288c的125%和114%,其乙醇转化率也要高于其他菌株。一些挥发性物质只有在MT1的发酵液中可检测到,包括苯并噻唑、2,3-二氢苯并呋喃、4-乙烯基愈创木酚以及丁羟甲苯等,MT1的苯乙醇、法呢醇、橙花叔醇、乙偶姻和大马酮量也要高于S288c。另外,MT1可以利用多种碳源发酵产乙醇,如半乳糖、麦芽糖、蜜二糖、松二糖、海藻糖和棉子糖等。【结论】来源于酱香酒酿造的S. cerevisiae MT1具有高耐受力、高效的发酵性能及更广泛的碳源利用图谱,并能生成多种挥发性物质。     

鲁氏接合酵母海藻糖耦合发酵过程的转录组差异分析

[目的]为探究鲁氏接合酵母(Zygosaccharomyces rouxii)在海藻糖耦合发酵过程中适应高温胁迫的基因表达差异及内在代谢调节机制。[方法]采用GC色谱仪和Illumina HiSeq^TM高通量测序技术对海藻糖耦合发酵过程(无调控阶段、补料响应阶段、补料与中温刺激耦合响应阶段、补料与高温刺激耦合响应阶段)的生物量、胞内海藻糖含量、基因转录序列等指标进行检测。[结果]转录组测序结果显示,与无调控阶段对比,三个调控响应阶段分别筛选得到1717、522、2038个差异表达基因。海藻糖耦合发酵过程中的鲁氏接合酵母细胞差异表达基因主要富集到次级代谢产物的生物合成、核糖体、氨基酸的生物合成等代谢途径上,高温胁迫条件下(海藻糖高速合成过程)分别涉及158、97、58个差异表达基因,次级代谢主要涉及赖氨酸等氨基酸和嘌呤/嘧啶核苷酸,氨基酸的生物合成主要涉及赖氨酸代谢、半胱氨酸和谷氨酸代谢。[结论]通过转录组分析揭示了鲁氏接合酵母主要通过调控次级代谢产物的生物合成与氨基酸代谢来适应高温热激胁迫。     

鲁氏接合酵母盐胁迫适应机制及组学研究方法进展

鲁氏接合酵母(Zygosaccharomyces rouxii)是一种耐渗透酵母,被广泛应用于食品酿造生产领域。然而,其耐高渗和耐高盐特性通常会导致食品腐败,给企业造成了极大的经济损失。该文以鲁氏接合酵母盐胁迫适应响应机制为出发点,系统地阐述了高盐胁迫条件对鲁氏接合酵母表型特性的影响,概括了鲁氏接合酵母不同层次上的高盐胁迫响应机制。同时,探究了基因组、转录组和蛋白质组等技术在酵母耐盐机制上的应用,以期为后续研究提供新思路,有助于企业解决食品腐败问题,减少经济损失。     

酱香型白酒发酵过程中核心酵母的鉴别及其功能

【背景】酵母是酱香型白酒发酵过程中最重要的微生物,但酵母群落中核心酵母的种类和功能尚不清晰。【目的】通过探索酱香型白酒发酵微生物群落中核心酵母的种类和功能,为揭示酱香型白酒酿造机制以及提升白酒品质提供理论支撑。【方法】联合使用未培养(内转录间隔区扩增子和宏转录组高通量测序技术)和可培养(菌种筛选和模拟发酵实验)技术对酱香型白酒发酵过程中核心酵母的结构和功能进行定性和定量分析。【结果】内转录间隔区扩增子和宏转录组测序结果显示,酱香型白酒发酵过程中涉及10个属的酵母微生物,其中在发酵过程中平均相对丰度大于0.2%的酵母有13种,有2种核心酵母分别为库德威兹氏毕赤酵母(Pichia kudriavzevii)和粟酒裂殖酵母(Schizosaccharomyces pombe)。在发酵过程中,P. kudriavzevii占总量的89%以上,Schi. pombe表达了占总量21%以上的功能基因。模拟发酵实验结果显示P.kudriavzevii在酵母群落中发挥耐受乳酸积累的作用,而Schi. pombe在酵母群落中发挥耐受乙醇积累的作用,这两种作用保证了酱香型白酒发酵过程中酵母群落的结构和功能...     

酱香型白酒酿造酒醅中酵母菌多样性研究

为解析酱香型白酒酿造酒醅中酵母菌的菌群结构,获取酒醅中的主要酵母菌,采用高通量测序法分析酱香型白酒酒醅中酵母菌多样性及主要功能菌群,同时采用可培养分离方法获取酒醅中酵母菌活性菌株。从酱香型白酒下沙至五轮次酒醅中共检出59个属、129个种的酵母菌,分离得到酵母菌活性菌株41种,检测到的酵母菌种类与获得的酵母菌活菌在各香型白酒中最多。不同时期酒醅中的酵母菌种类和数量差异明显,其中下沙、造沙轮次以Pichia kudriavzevii为绝对优势酵母菌;一至五轮次随着轮次的递增,酒醅中优势酵母菌的种类增多,其中主要的优势酵母菌有Pichia kudriavzevii、Pichia manshurica、Zygosaccharomyces bailii、Saccharomyces cerevisiae、Candida apicola。酱香型白酒酒醅中蕴藏着极其丰富的酵母菌资源,对酵母菌菌群结构的解析有助于科学地认识酱香型白酒酿造过程中产酒与风味代谢机理,为发酵过程的调控提供一定依据。     

酱香型白酒发酵中地衣芽孢杆菌与酿酒酵母的相互作用

【目的】为解析酱香型白酒酿造群体微生物的发酵过程, 研究了酱香型白酒酿造中重要微生物地衣芽孢杆菌与酿酒酵母之间的相互作用, 并对它们之间的作用机制进行初步探讨。【方法】通过地衣芽孢杆菌与酿酒酵母共培养体系的构建, 认识了两者的相互作用, 初步分析了酿酒酵母产生抑制物的分子量, 耐热性及对蛋白酶敏感性等特性。【结果】研究表明, 酿酒酵母发酵造成的酸性环境以及某些代谢物质能够抑制地衣芽孢杆菌的生长, 这些物质分子量大于10 kD, 对热和蛋白酶敏感。【结论】白酒酿造中酿酒酵母通过产酸以及大分子的蛋白质类物质对地衣芽孢杆菌生长形成抑制, 该研究促进了对白酒酿造群体微生物发酵过程的解析。     

清香型白酒固态酿造过程中酵母种群结构和多样性分析

【目的】探索清香型白酒固态酿造过程中酵母的种群结构和生态多样性变化规律,为科学认识白酒酿造的过程与机制提供理论依据。【方法】运用WL鉴别培养基和26S rRNA D1/D2序列分析方法对清香型白酒3种典型大曲和酒醅发酵过程的酵母进行分类学研究。【结果】从清香型白酒固态酿造过程中共鉴定出10种酵母,分别为Saccharomyces cerevisiae、Issatchenkia orientalis、Pichia anomala、Saccharomycopsis fibuligera、Pichia fermentans、Trichosporon asahii、Hanseniaspora osmophila、Pichia farinosa、Pichia membranifaciens和Clavispora lusitaniae。其中T.asahii、C.lusitaniae、H.osmophila、P.membranifaciens、P.farinose和P.fermentans为首次从清香型白酒酿造过程中分离获得的酵母种类。考察3种典型大曲(清茬、红心、后火曲)和大茬、二茬酒醅发酵过程的酵母种群结构变化规律显示,3种大曲具有相同的优势菌种S.fibuligera,但三者酵母结构组成差异较大,且清茬曲含有最多的酵母数量和种类。酒醅发酵过程中的酵母种群结构与3种大曲均明显不同,大茬和二茬酒醅酵母结构也不同,两种酒醅发酵后期的优势酵母均为S.cerevisiae,而发酵前期优势酵母则分别是H.osmophila和P.membranifaciens。【结论】深入研究了清香型白酒酿造过程中微生物的分布特征和规律,对认识清香型白酒酿造过程和群体微生物的发酵机制,以及丰富我国传统酿造食品微生物的研究,具有重要的理论和实践价值。     

ATP requirements for benzoic acid tolerance in Zygosaccharomyces bailii

AIMS: To calculate the energetic requirements for benzoic acid tolerance in Zygosaccharomyces bailii in chemostat experiments. METHODS AND RESULTS: A 5.6-l stirred-tank chemostat was used. The yield of ATP (Y(ATP)) was calculated under nitrogen atmosphere, assuming equimolar ATP and ethanol production. Under these conditions Y(ATP), equal to 20 g mol(-1) of ATP, was not affected by the acid, whereas the maintenance coefficient (m(ATP)) increased from 1.0 mmol of ATP g(-1) h(-1) in the absence of the acid to 4.8 in the presence of 0.67 mmol l(-1) undissociated benzoic acid. These ATP requirements were similar to those found in Saccharomyces cerevisiae with other weak acids. CONCLUSIONS: No significant differences have been found in the energy expended to cope with the acid between sensitive and tolerant species. Therefore, the main difference between tolerant and sensitive species could rely on cellular features that would not need extra energy in terms of ATP. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY: The potential mechanisms involved in the tolerance to weak acids in yeasts have been extensively studied but their actual relevance has not been assessed. Our results suggest that future efforts should concentrate on nonexpending energy features as membrane permeability and metabolic tolerance in the cytoplasm.     

Aerobic sugar metabolism in the spoilage yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii

Despite the importance of some Zygosaccharomyces species as agents causing spoilage of food, the carbon and energy metabolism of most of them is yet largely unknown. This is the case with Zygosaccharomyces bailii. In this study the occurrence of the Crabtree effect in the petite-negative yeast Z. bailii ATCC 36947 was investigated. In this yeast the aerobic ethanol production is strictly dependent on the carbon source utilised. In glucose-limited continuous cultures a very low level of ethanol was produced. In fructose-limited continuous cultures ethanol was produced at a higher level and its production increased with the dilution rate. As a consequence, on fructose the onset of respiro-fermentative metabolism caused a reduction in biomass yield. An immediate aerobic alcoholic fermentation in Z. bailii was observed during the transition from sugar limitation to sugar excess, both on glucose and on fructose. The analysis of some key enzymes of the fermentative metabolism showed a high level of acetyl-CoA synthetase in Z. bailii growing on fructose. At high dilution rates, the activities of glucose- and fructose-phosphorylating enzymes, as well as of pyruvate decarboxylase and alcohol dehydrogenase, were higher in cells during growth on fructose than on glucose.     

Investigating the multibudded and binucleate phenotype of the yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii growing on minimal medium

The yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii , known to have peculiar resistance to several environmental constraints, is very little known with respect to its genetics and life cycle. In addition to molecular and biochemical studies, cytofluorimetric and morphological analyses can also add information necessary to shed light on its interesting features. In the present study, the DNA and protein content as well as the cellular morphology of Z. bailii populations growing in minimal medium supplemented with different carbon sources and with the addition of different organic acids were investigated. The results show the occurrence of a multibudded phenotype and of a low, but significant percentage of binucleate cells occurring in the early-stationary phase. These traits appear to be different in comparison with the better-known laboratory yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae . Experiments and speculations about these features and possible implications with Z. bailii main characteristics are discussed.     

Heterologous protein production in Zygosaccharomyces bailii: physiological effects and fermentative strategies

The optimisation and scale-up of a specific protein production process have to take into account cultivation conditions as well as cell physiology of growth and the influence of foreign protein expression on host cell metabolism. The ability of Zygosaccharomyces bailii to tolerate high sugar concentrations as well as high temperatures and acidic environments renders this "non-conventional" yeast suitable for the development of biotechnological processes like heterologous protein production. This work addresses the production of human interleukin-1beta by a recombinant Z. bailii strain. We found that the heterologous protein production causes some modifications of the Z. bailii carbon metabolism, leading to a reduced biomass yield. The other important factor is the dependence of the recombinant IL-1beta production/secretion on the growth rate. Among the cultivation strategies studied, the most appropriate in terms of production and productivity was the fed-batch mode.     

Zygocin,a secreted antifungal toxin of the yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii,and its effect on sensitive fungal cells

Zygocin, a protein toxin produced and secreted by a killer virus-infected strain of the osmotolerant yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii, kills a great variety of human and phytopathogenic yeasts and filamentous fungi. Toxicity of the viral toxin is envisaged in a two-step receptor-mediated process in which the toxin interacts with cell surface receptors at the level of the cell wall and the plasma membrane. Zygocin receptors were isolated and partially purified from the yeast cell wall mannoprotein fraction and could be successfully used as biospecific ligand for efficient one-step purification of the 10-kDa protein toxin by receptor-mediated affinity chromatography. Evidence is presented that zygocin-treated yeast cells are rapidly killed by the toxin, and intensive propidium iodide staining of zygocin-treated cells indicated that the toxin is affecting cytoplasmic membrane function, most probably by lethal ion channel formation. The presented findings suggest that zygocin has potential as a novel antimycotic in combating fungal infections.     

Construction of a genomic library of the food spoilage yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii and isolation of the beta-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene (ZbLEU2)

A genomic library of the yeast Zygosaccharomyces bailii ISA 1307 was constructed in pRS316, a shuttle vector for Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Escherichia coli. The library has an average insert size of 6 kb and covers the genome more than 20 times assuming a genome size similar to that of S. cerevisiae. This new tool has been successfully used, by us and others, to isolate Z. bailii genes. One example is the beta-isopropylmalate dehydrogenase gene (ZbLEU2) of Z. bailii, which was cloned by complementation of a leu2 mutation in S. cerevisiae. An open reading frame encoding a protein with a molecular mass of 38.7 kDa was found. The nucleotide sequence of ZbLEU2 and the deduced amino acid sequence showed a significant degree of identity to those of beta-isopropylmalate dehydrogenases from several other yeast species. The sequence of ZbLEU2 has been deposited in the EMBL data library under accession number AJ292544.     

Adaptive response to acetic acid in the highly resistant yeast species Zygosaccharomyces bailii revealed by quantitative proteomics

Zygosaccharomyces bailii is the most tolerant yeast species to acetic acid-induced toxicity, being able to grow in the presence of concentrations of this food preservative close to the legal limits. For this reason, Z. bailii is the most important microbial contaminant of acidic food products but the mechanisms behind this intrinsic resistance to acetic acid are very poorly characterized. To gain insights into the adaptive response and tolerance to acetic acid in Z. bailii, we explored an expression proteomics approach, based on quantitative 2DE, to identify alterations occurring in the protein content in response to sudden exposure or balanced growth in the presence of an inhibitory but nonlethal concentration of this weak acid. A coordinate increase in the content of proteins involved in cellular metabolism, in particular, in carbohydrate metabolism (Mdh1p, Aco1p, Cit1p, Idh2p, and Lpd1p) and energy generation (Atp1p and Atp2p), as well as in general and oxidative stress response (Sod2p, Dak2p, Omp2p) was registered. Results reinforce the concept that glucose and acetic acid are coconsumed in Z. bailii, with acetate being channeled into the tricarboxylic acid cycle. When acetic acid is the sole carbon source, results suggest the activation of gluconeogenic and pentose phosphate pathways, based on the increased content of several proteins of these pathways after glucose exhaustion.