Nature and occurence of yeasts in Haryana grapes and wines

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  • S. Relan Department of Microbiology, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar
  • S. R. Vyas Department of Microbiology, Haryana Agricultural University, Hissar

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https://doi.org/10.5073/vitis.1971.10.131-135

Abstract

More than one hundred isolates of yeasts were taken from juice, must (at different stages of fermentation) and wine prepared from seven different grape varieties grown in Haryana. The isolates fell into 6 genera and 14 species.
Saccharomyces yeasts were the most frequently encountered species during the fermentation, and all but one were identified as S. cerevisiae, S. cerevisiae var. ellipsoideus, S. steineri, S. carlsbergensis and S. mellis. Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Debaryomyces vini, Candida pulcherrima, C. guilliermondii, Endomycopsis fibuliger, E. fibuliger var. monospora and E. fibuliger var. bispora were the other strains isolated.
The occurrence of Schizosaccharomyces pombe and strains of Endomocopsis fibuliger is of interest in this connection when it is considered that Kloeckera apiculata and Saccharomyces oviformis have been significantly absent in Haryana grapes and musts.

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2017-02-17

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