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Development of a genetically defined diploid yeast strain for the application in spirit production
(2005) Schehl, Beatus; Heinisch, Jürgen
Yeast strains of the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae currently in use for the production of consumable alcohols such as beer, wine and spirits are genetically largely undefined. This prevents the use of standard genetic manipulations, such as crossings and tetrad analysis, for strain improvement. Furthermore, it complicates the application of the majority of modern methods developed in yeast molecular biology. In this work two haploid laboratory strains with suitable auxotrophic markers were used for the construction of a genetically well defined, prototrophic diploid production strain. This strain was tested for its fermentative and sensory performances in comparison to commercially available yeasts. Different fruit mashes were fermented, subjected to distillation and analysed for fermentation parameters including growth, sugar utilization, ethanol production and generation of volatile compounds, higher alcohols, uretahne and glycerol. All spirits produced were tested for their sensory performances and the data obtained statistically consolidated. Our results clearly demonstrate that this laboratory strain does not display any disadvantage compared with commercial yeasts in spirit production for any of the parameters tested, yet it offers the potential to apply both classical breeding and modern molecular genetic techniques adjusting yeast physiology to special production schemes.