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Original Articles

Incidence and Formation of Petite Mutants in Lager Brewing Yeast Saccharomyces Cerevisiae (Syn. S. Pastorianus) Populations

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Pages 72-80 | Published online: 01 Feb 2018
 

Abstract

Brewery fermentations and handling of yeast populations between successive fermentations expose brewing yeast cells to a number of biological, chemical, and physical stresses. It is generally accepted that brewery yeast biomass recycling leads to an increased incidence of petite mutations. Eventually, the percentage of petite mutants within the population reaches significant proportions, leading to aberrant fermentation profiles and impaired product quality; this results in the expulsion of the yeast population from the process and its release as coproducts for use by other industries. In this paper, we demonstrate that the frequency and propensity to form mitochondrial mutants is strain dependent and that the formation of these mutants occurs toward the end of fermentation, when yeast collects in the cone of the vessel. This is evidenced by the observation that the location of petite mutants closely mirrors the temperature profile of the population within the cone.

RESUMEN

Las fermentaciones de cervecería y el manejo de poblaciones de levadura entre fermentaciones sucesivas exponen células de levadura cervecera a un número de tensiones biológicas, químicas, y físicas. Es generalmente aceptado que reciclando biomasa de levadura cervecera lleva a un aumento de la incidencia de mutaciones petit. Finalmente, el porcentaje de mutantes petit dentro de la población alcanza proporciones significativas, lo que resulta en perfiles de fermentación aberrante y la disminución de la calidad de los productos, lo que resulta en la expulsión de la población de la levadura del proceso y su liberación como coproductos para uso por otras industrias. En este trabajo se demuestra que la frecuencia y la propensión a formar mutantes mitocondrial son dependientes en la cepa y que la formación de estos mutantes se produce hacia el final de la fermentación, cuando la levadura se acumula en el cono de la fermentadora. Esto queda demostrado por la observación de que la ubicación de los mutantes petit es la misma que la temperatura perfil de la población dentro del cono.

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