The Potential of Wild Yeasts as Promising Biocontrol Agents against Pine Canker Diseases.

Native wild yeasts from forest ecosystems represent an interesting potential source of biocontrol organisms in synergy with disease-tolerant forest materials. Yeasts have a combination of competitive mechanisms and low requirements for their biotechnological application as biocontrol agents. The current study aimed to increase the number of biocontrol candidates against and .

Profiling potential brewing yeast from forest and vineyard ecosystems.

The brewing ability of wild yeast strains obtained from forest and vineyards ecosystems was analysed and compared with commercial yeast strains. The selection of new yeast strains as a way to create new beer aromas and flavours and to use local strains to promote the proximity ingredients in brewing is a topic of interest in the craft beer sector. Seventy-six wild Saccharomyces and non-Saccharomyces isolates and eighteen control strains were evaluated for their enzymatic activity and brewing capacity.

Importance of micronutrients and organic nitrogen in fermentations with Torulaspora delbrueckii and Saccharomyces cerevisiae.

The current use of non-Saccharomyces yeasts in mixed fermentations increases the relevance of the interactions between yeast species. In this work, the interactions between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Torulaspora delbrueckii were analyzed. For this purpose, fermentations with and without contact between strains of those yeast species were performed in synthetic must.

Protective Effects of Melatonin on under Ethanol Stress.

During alcoholic fermentation, is subjected to several stresses, among which ethanol is of capital importance. Melatonin, a bioactive molecule synthesized by yeast during alcoholic fermentation, has an antioxidant role and is proposed to contribute to counteracting fermentation-associated stresses. The aim of this study was to unravel the protective effect of melatonin on yeast cells subjected to ethanol stress.