The use of non-Saccharomyces yeasts in winemaking is gaining traction due to their specific phenotypes of technological interest, including their unique profile of central carbon metabolites and volatile compounds. However, the lack of knowledge about their physiology hinders their industrial exploitation. The intracellular redox status, involving NAD/NADH and NADP/NADPH cofactors, is a key driver of yeast activity during fermentation, notably directing the formation of metabolites that contribute to the wine bouquet.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF(Go) and (Bb) are detrimental micro-organisms compromising wine quality through the production of acetic acid and undesirable aromas. Non- yeasts, like species, offer a bioprotective approach to control spoilage micro-organisms growth. Antagonist effects of forty-six strains in a co-culture with or in commercial grape juice were assessed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe maintenance of the balance between oxidised and reduced redox cofactors is essential for the functioning of many cellular processes in all living organisms. While the electron transport chain plays a key role in maintaining this balance under respiratory conditions, its inactivity in the absence of oxygen poses a challenge that yeasts such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae overcome through the production of various metabolic end-products during alcoholic fermentation. In this study, we investigated the diversity occurring between wine yeast species in their management of redox balance and its consequences on the fermentation performances and the formation of metabolites.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Besides dyspnoea and cough, patients with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) or sarcoidosis may experience distressing non-respiratory symptoms, such as fatigue or muscle weakness. However, whether and to what extent symptom burden differs between patients with IPF or sarcoidosis and individuals without respiratory disease remains currently unknown.
Objectives: To study the respiratory and non-respiratory burden of multiple symptoms in patients with IPF or sarcoidosis and to compare the symptom burden with individuals without impaired spirometric values, FVC and FEV1 (controls).