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Natural wine yeasts as biocontrol agents
Author(s) -
Suzzi Giovanna,
Romano Patrizia,
Ponti I.,
Montuschi Carla
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1995.tb05030.x
Subject(s) - wine , yeast , biological pest control , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , saccharomyces , antagonism , strain (injury) , broad spectrum , fungus , saccharomyces cerevisiae , botany , food science , chemistry , biochemistry , receptor , anatomy , combinatorial chemistry
A total of 586 natural wine yeasts, belonging to different genera, were tested for their antagonistic effect on fungal pathogens. A low percentage of yeast strains completely inhibited the pathogens and the biocontrol activity was found to be a strain characteristic and did not solely depend on species or genus. Among the antagonists, two strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and one of Zygosaccharomyces showed a broad spectrum of antagonistic activity against 10 fungal pathogens.