Modes of lactose uptake in the yeast species Kluyveromyces marxianus

1990 ◽  
Vol 57 (2) ◽  
pp. 77-81 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Carvalho-Silva ◽  
I. Spencer-Martins
2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (8) ◽  
pp. 1163-1169
Author(s):  
Aziz Homayouni-Rad ◽  
Aslan Azizi ◽  
Parvin Oroojzadeh ◽  
Hadi Pourjafar

Background: Yeasts play diverse roles in human life. Since ancient times, these micro organisms have been used to produce food products and beverages including bread and beer. Nowadays, the biotechnological products of yeast are some of the main components of commercial products. Objective: Some species of yeast such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomyces boulardii are recognized as probiotic yeast with extensive applications in the food and drug industries. However, certain species like Kluyveromyces marxianus are still not recognized as probiotic micro organisms despite their widespread industrial usage. In this study, the application of K. marxianus in preparing food and the medicinal product was reviewed in terms of its beneficial or harmful effects. Methods: Pub Med, Google Scholar, Scopus, and Science Direct databases were searched by using “Probiotics”, “Yeast”, and “Kluyveromyces marxianus”. Results: The findings suggest that K. marxianus can be recognized as a probiotic yeast species. Conclusion: It can be concluded that K. marxianus may be considered as a probiotic micro organism with a variety of commercial and medical applications.


Author(s):  
Claudia Capusoni ◽  
Immacolata Serra ◽  
Silvia Donzella ◽  
Concetta Compagno

Phytic acid is an anti-nutritional compound able to chelate proteins and ions. For this reason, the food industry is looking for a convenient method which allows its degradation. Phytases are a class of enzymes that catalyze the degradation of phytic acid and are used as additives in feed-related industrial processes. Due to their industrial importance, our goal was to identify new activities that exhibit best performances in terms of tolerance to high temperature and acidic pH. As a result of an initial screening on 21 yeast species, we focused our attention on phytases found in Cyberlindnera jadinii, Kluyveromyces marxianus, and Torulaspora delbrueckeii. In particular, C. jadinii showed the highest secreted and cell-bound activity, with optimum of temperature and pH at 50°C and 4.5, respectively. These characteristics suggest that this enzyme could be successfully used for feed as well as for food-related industrial applications.


Food Control ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 124 ◽  
pp. 107901
Author(s):  
Laura Peréz-Través ◽  
Rosa de Llanos ◽  
Allen Flockhart ◽  
Lydia García-Domingo ◽  
Marizeth Groenewald ◽  
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2020 ◽  
pp. 179-184
Author(s):  
Ольга Алексеевна Чурсина ◽  
Виктор Афанасьевич Загоруйко ◽  
Людмила Алексеевна Легашева ◽  
Алина Васильевна Мартыновская ◽  
Елена Леонидовна Удод ◽  
...  

В работе представлены результаты исследований влияния эндополигалактуроназы дрожжей рода Kluyveromyces marxianus на процессы отделения и осветления сусла, а также качество коньячных виноматериалов и дистиллятов. Проблемой виноделия является высокое содержание полисахаридов в виноградной ягоде, что снижает выход сусла, затрудняет процессы его осветления, способствует окислению и обогащению нежелательными компонентами, ухудшающими качество готового продукта. Использование ферментных препаратов пектолитического действия в коньячном производстве ограничено из-за риска увеличения содержания метанола, который образуется при действии на пектины винограда пектинэстеразы. Перспективным направлением является использование в коньячном производстве эндополигалактуроназы, продуцируемой дрожжами вида Kluyveromyces marxianus . Установлено, что обработка сусла и мезги опытным ферментным препаратом, полученном при культивировании штамма дрожжей вида Kluyveromyces marxianus , способствует увеличению выхода сусла, снижению содержания взвесей и объема образующегося осадка при осветлении сусла, повышению его качества. Показано, что физико-химический состав виноматериалов и дистиллятов, полученных из обработанного сусла, практически не изменяется. Массовая концентрация метанола в опытных коньячных виноматериалах и дистиллятах не превышала уровня контрольных образцов. Установлена эффективность использования препарата в коньячном производстве с целью повышения выхода и качества сусла. The article presents the results of study on the influence of endopolygalacturonase yeast species Kluyveromyces marxianus on the processes of separation and clarification of must, as well as the quality of brandy wine materials and distillates. The problem of winemaking is the high content of polysaccharides in grape berries, which reduces the yield of must, complicates the process of clarification, contributes to the oxidation and enrichment with undesirable components degrading the quality of the finished product. Use of pectolytic enzymes in brandy production is limited due to the risk of increase in the content of methanol, appearing when pectin esterase acts on grape pectins. Use of endopoligalacturonase rendered by the yeast species Kluyveromyces marxianus is a promising direction in brandy production. It was found that treatment of the must and pulp with experimental enzyme preparation obtained by culturing a yeast strain of the species Kluyveromyces marxianus contributes to an increase in the yield of the must and a decrease in the content of suspensions and volume of the sediment formed in the process of must clarification, and quality improving. It was shown that the physicochemical composition of wine materials and distillates obtained from the treated must remained permanent. Mass concentration of methanol in the experimental brandy wine materials and distillates did not exceed the level of control samples. The effectiveness of use of the preparation in brandy production was established in order to increase the product yield and quality of the must.


Author(s):  
Eda Kılıç Kanak ◽  
Suzan Öztürk Yılmaz

Probiotics are defined as live microorganisms that provide beneficial effects when consumed in sufficient quantities. Currently available probiotics are bacteria such as Lactobacillus, Bifidobacterium and Bacillus. In recent years, yeast has presented great potential for the development of new probiotics. Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. boulardii is the only yeast that has been recognized and characterized as probiotic until today. This raises the question of whether other yeast species have probiotic properties. Recent investigations show that some species with probiotic evidence are Kluyveromyces marxianus and Pichia kudriavzeii, except S. cerevisiae. Most of the enzymes produced by the preserved yeast are involved in the metabolism of complex compounds in foods, thus forming the nutritional value and organoleptic properties of fermented foods. EFSA has given the QPS statue, the "food additive," only a few yeasts. In order to verify interesting properties, probiotic working of yeasts needs to be examined in more detail.


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