Yeast diversity in Vitis non-vinifera ecosystems.

Yeast diversity in Vitis non-vinifera ecosystems. Rev Argent Microbiol. 2019 Jan 09;: Authors: Raymond Eder ML, Rosa AL Abstract The surface of grapes lodges a complex community of yeast species responsible for spontaneous alcoholic fermentation. The study of indigenous Saccharomyces and "non-Saccharomyces" yeasts during grape must fermentation constitutes a major research area in microbial enology. Although there are detailed studies on the microbiota of Vitis vinifera L. grapes, little is known about the diversity of yeast communities present in non-vinifera Vitis ecosystems (i.e., grapes and spontaneously fermenting grape musts). Potentially scientific and/or enological valuable yeast strains from these non-vinifera Vitis ecosystems might never be isolated from V. vinifera L. In this updated review, we summarize relevant aspects of the microbial studies conducted on V. non-vinifera grapes and spontaneously fermenting grape musts. PMID: 30638636 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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