Karyotyping of Saccharomyces strains with different temperature profiles |
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Authors: | Giudici,Caggia,Pulvirenti,& Rainieri |
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Affiliation: | Istituto di Industrie Agrarie, University of Catania,;DIPROVAL, University of Bologna, Villa Levi Reggio Emilia, Italy |
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Abstract: | This study examined the karyotype, the fermentation performance and the optimum growth temperature (Topt) of 28 yeast strains all identified as species belonging to Saccharomyces sensu stricto . The strains were isolated from fermented musts, which had not been inoculated, at two temperature ranges: 20–40 °C and approximately 0–6 °C. The results demonstrated a correlation between the Topt and the chromosome organization. In particular, strains with Topt of less than 30 °C showed only two bands in the region between 365 and 225 kb, while those with a Topt greater than 30 °C had three bands in this size range. From a taxonomic viewpoint, the Topt is a better indicator for the Saccharomyces sp. than the ceiling temperature of 37 °C currently used to differentiate cryotolerant Saccharomyces bayanus and S. pastorianus from non-cryotolerant S. cerevisiae and S. paradoxus strains. |
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