Journal
APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY
Volume 83, Issue 20, Pages -Publisher
AMER SOC MICROBIOLOGY
DOI: 10.1128/AEM.01582-17
Keywords
aroma volatile compounds; beer; flocculation; hybrid; mating type
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- Fundacao de Capacitacao de Pessoal de Nivel Superior from the Ministry of Education (CAPES), Brazil [PCF-PVE 021/2012, Edital 76/2014]
- Universidade Federal de Ouro Preto
- Fundacao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado de Minas Gerais (FAPEMIG) [APQ-00263-10]
- Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Cientifico e Tecnologico (CNPq), Brazil [304815/2012]
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The development of hybrids has been an effective approach to generate novel yeast strains with optimal technological profile for use in beer production. This study describes the generation of a new yeast strain for lager beer production by direct mating between two Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from cachaca distilleries: one that was strongly flocculent, and the other with higher production of acetate esters. The first step in this procedure was to analyze the sporulation ability and reproductive cycle of strains belonging to a specific collection of yeasts isolated from cachaca fermentation vats. Most strains showed high rates of sporulation, spore viability, and homothallic behavior. In order to obtain new yeast strains with desirable properties useful for lager beer production, we compare haploid-to-haploid and diploid-to-diploid mating procedures. Moreover, an assessment of parental phenotype traits showed that the segregant diploid C2-1d generated from a diploid-to-diploid mating experiment showed good fermentation performance at low temperature, high flocculation capacity, and desirable production of acetate esters that was significantly better than that of one type lager strain. Therefore, strain C2-1d might be an important candidate for the production of lager beer, with distinct fruit traces and originating using a non-genetically modified organism (GMO) approach. IMPORTANCE Recent work has suggested the utilization of hybridization techniques for the generation of novel non-genetically modified brewing yeast strains with combined properties not commonly found in a unique yeast strain. We have observed remarkable traits, especially low temperature tolerance, maltotriose utilization, flocculation ability, and production of volatile aroma compounds, among a collection of Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains isolated from cachaca distilleries, which allow their utilization in the production of beer. The significance of our research is in the use of breeding/hybridization techniques to generate yeast strains that would be appropriate for producing new lager beers by exploring the capacity of cachaca yeast strains to flocculate and to ferment maltose at low temperature, with the concomitant production of flavoring compounds.
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