European Journal of Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences

REVIEW APPLICATIONS OF SACCHAROMYCES IN THE INDUSTRY

Ana Lucía Bolaños Bolaños, Enrique Mora Quirós, Jaime Sánchez Segura, Wendy Sánchez Vargas, Luis Gustavo Rojas Cespédes and German L Madrigal Redondo*

ABSTRACT

Yeasts of the Saccharomyces genus are ascosporated yeasts belonging to the Ascomycota division and to the Saccharomycetes family and can bind as transient mucosal flora. They are outstanding in the industrial production of ethanol and in the elaboration of alcoholic beverages such as beer, the preparation of which depends on the grain used and the form of fermentation in which species of the Saccharomyces pastorianus and Saccharomyces cerevisiae type are frequently used. This one is also used in the production of table wine, sake, rum, whiskey and other alcoholic beverages. Other species of the same genus are also used to make this type of drink, S. ellypsoideus and S. apiculatus are examples of these. (Bonifaz, 2012; Zhang et al., 2015).

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