Geographic delineations of yeast communities and populations associated with vines and wines in New Zealand.

ABSTRACT: Yeasts are a diverse seemingly ubiquitous group of eukaryotic microbes, and many are naturally associated with fruits. Humans have harnessed yeasts since the dawn of civilisation to make wine, and thus it is surprising that we know little of the distribution of yeast communities naturally associated with fruits. Previous reports of yeast community diversity have been descriptive only. Here we present, we believe, the first robust test for the geographic delineation of yeast communities. Humans have relatively recently employed Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model research organism, and have long harnessed its ancient adaption to ferment even in the presence of oxygen. However, as far as we are aware, there has not been a rigorous test for the presence of regional differences in natural S. c

SUBMITTER: Gayevskiy V 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3379632 | biostudies-literature | 2012 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature