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https://doi.org/10.17113/ftb.58.01.20.6461
Effects of High Sugar Content on Fermentation Dynamics and Some Metabolites of Wine-Related Yeast Species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, S. uvarum and Starmerella bacillaris
Borbála Oláhné Horváth
orcid.org/0000-0001-8809-546X
; Szent István University Faculty of Horticultural Science Department of Oenology, Ménesi út 45, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
Diána Nyitrainé Sárdy
; Szent István University Faculty of Horticultural Science Department of Oenology, Ménesi út 45, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
Nikolett Kellner
; Szent István University Faculty of Horticultural Science Department of Oenology, Ménesi út 45, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
Ildikó Magyar
; Szent István University Faculty of Horticultural Science Department of Oenology, Ménesi út 45, 1118 Budapest, Hungary
Abstract
Starmerella bacillaris (synonym Candida zemplinina) is an important non-Saccharomyces yeast in winemaking with valuable oenological properties, accompanying Saccharomyces species in sweet wine fermentation, and has also been suggested for application as combined starter culture in dry or sweet wines. In this study, the major metabolites and nitrogen utilization of these yeasts are evaluated in the musts with high or extremely high sugar concentration. The change in the metabolic footprint of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Saccharomyces uvarum and Starmerella bacillaris strains was compared when they were present as pure cultures in chemically defined grape juice medium with 220 and 320 g/L of sugar, to represent a fully matured and an overripe grape. Surprisingly, the extreme sugar concentration did not result in a considerable change in the rate of sugar consumption; only a shift of the sugar consumption curves could be noticed for all species, especially for Starmerella bacillaris. At the extreme sugar concentration, Starmerella bacillaris showed excellent glycerol production, moderate nitrogen demand together with a noticeable proline utilisation. The change in the overall metabolite pattern of Starmerella bacillaris allowed clear discrimination from the change of the Saccharomyces species. In this experiment, the adequacy of this non-Saccharomyces yeast for co-fermentation in juices with high sugar concentration is highlighted. Moreover, the results suggest that Starmerella bacillaris has a more active adaptation mechanism to extremely high sugar concentration.
Keywords
Starmerella bacillaris; Candida zemplinina; non-Saccharomyces yeast; high sugar concentration; metabolic footprint
Hrčak ID:
237583
URI
Publication date:
28.4.2020.
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