scholarly journals Assessing the Biofilm Formation Capacity of the Wine Spoilage Yeast Brettanomyces bruxellensis through FTIR Spectroscopy

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 587
Author(s):  
Maria Dimopoulou ◽  
Vasiliki Kefalloniti ◽  
Panagiotis Tsakanikas ◽  
Seraphim Papanikolaou ◽  
George-John E. Nychas

Brettanomyces bruxellensis is a wine spoilage yeast known to colonize and persist in production cellars. However, knowledge on the biofilm formation capacity of B. bruxellensis remains limited. The present study investigated the biofilm formation of 11 B. bruxellensis strains on stainless steel coupons after 3 h of incubation in an aqueous solution. FTIR analysis was performed for both planktonic and attached cells, while comparison of the obtained spectra revealed chemical groups implicated in the biofilm formation process. The increased region corresponding to polysaccharides and lipids clearly discriminated the obtained spectra, while the absorption peaks at the specific wavenumbers possibly reveal the presence of β-glucans, mannas and ergosterol. Unsupervised clustering and supervised classification were employed to identify the important wavenumbers of the whole spectra. The fact that all the metabolic fingerprints of the attached versus the planktonic cells were similar within the same cell phenotype class and different between the two phenotypes, implies a clear separation of the cell phenotype; supported by the results of the developed classification model. This study represents the first to succeed at applying a non-invasive technique to reveal the metabolic fingerprint implicated in the biofilm formation capacity of B. bruxellensis, underlying the homogenous mechanism within the yeast species.

2014 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 321-329 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tiziana Mariarita Granato ◽  
Diego Romano ◽  
Ileana Vigentini ◽  
Roberto Carmine Foschino ◽  
Daniela Monti ◽  
...  

2007 ◽  
Vol 28 (2) ◽  
pp. 76 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Henschke ◽  
Chris Curtin ◽  
Paul Grbin

How would you react if, upon opening that expensive bottle of red wine you had been saving for a special occasion, all you could smell was a box of Band-aid medical plasters. ?Band-aid?, or ?medicinal? aroma in red wine is but one spectrum of the (generally) negative sensory characteristics that have become synonymous with wine ?spoiled? by the yeast species Dekkera bruxellensis, and its non-sporulating form Brettanomyces bruxellensis.


Fermentation ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
pp. 65 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rubén Peña ◽  
Jeniffer Vílches ◽  
Camila G.-Poblete ◽  
María Angélica Ganga

Wine spoilage yeasts are one of the main issues in the winemaking industry, and the control of the Brettanomyces and Pichia genus is an important goal to reduce economic loses from undesired aromatic profiles. Previous studies have demonstrated that Candida intermedia LAMAP1790 produces antimicrobial peptides of molecular mass under 10 kDa with fungicide activity against Brettanomyces bruxellensis, without affecting the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. So far, it has not been determined whether these peptides show biocontroller effect in this yeast or other spoilage yeasts, such as Pichia guilliermondii. In this work, we determined that the exposure of B. bruxellensis to the low-mass peptides contained in the culture supernatant of C. intermedia LAMAP1790 produces a continuous rise of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in this yeast, without presenting a significant effect on membrane damage. These observations can give an approach to the antifungal mechanism. In addition, we described a fungicide activity of these peptides fraction against two strains of P. guilliermondii in a laboratory medium. However, carrying out assays on synthetic must, peptides must show an effect on the growth of B. bruxellensis. Moreover, these results can be considered as a start to develop new strategies for the biocontrol of spoilage yeast.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria Dimopoulou ◽  
Margareth Renault ◽  
Marguerite Dols-Lafargue ◽  
Warren Albertin-Leguay ◽  
Jean-Marie Herry ◽  
...  

AbstractBrettanomyces bruxellensis is a serious source of concern for winemakers. The production of volatile phenols by the yeast species confers to wine unpleasant sensory characteristics which are unacceptable by the consumers and inevitably provoke economic loss for the wine industry. This ubiquitous yeast is able to adapt to all winemaking steps and to withstand various environmental conditions. Moreover, the ability of B. bruxellensis to adhere and colonize inert materials can be the cause of the yeast persistence in the cellars and thus recurrent wine spoilage. We therefore investigated the surface properties, biofilm formation capacity and the factors which may affect the attachment of the yeast cells to surfaces with eight strains representative of the genetic diversity of the species. Our results show that the biofilm formation ability is strain-dependent and suggest a possible link between the physicochemical properties of the studied strains and their corresponding genetic group.


2007 ◽  
Vol 6 (4) ◽  
pp. 721-733 ◽  
Author(s):  
Megan Woolfit ◽  
Elżbieta Rozpędowska ◽  
Jure Piškur ◽  
Kenneth H. Wolfe

ABSTRACT The hemiascomycete yeast Dekkera bruxellensis, also known as Brettanomyces bruxellensis, is a major cause of wine spoilage worldwide. Wines infected with D. bruxellensis develop distinctive, unpleasant aromas due to volatile phenols produced by this species, which is highly ethanol tolerant and facultatively anaerobic. Despite its importance, however, D. bruxellensis has been poorly genetically characterized until now. We performed genome survey sequencing of a wine strain of D. bruxellensis to obtain 0.4× coverage of the genome. We identified approximately 3,000 genes, whose products averaged 49% amino acid identity to their Saccharomyces cerevisiae orthologs, with similar intron contents. Maximum likelihood phylogenetic analyses suggest that the relationship between D. bruxellensis, S. cerevisiae, and Candida albicans is close to a trichotomy. The estimated rate of chromosomal rearrangement in D. bruxellensis is slower than that calculated for C. albicans, while its rate of amino acid evolution is somewhat higher. The proteome of D. bruxellensis is enriched for transporters and genes involved in nitrogen and lipid metabolism, among other functions, which may reflect adaptations to its low-nutrient, high-ethanol niche. We also identified an adenyl deaminase gene that has high similarity to a gene in bacteria of the Burkholderia cepacia species complex and appears to be the result of horizontal gene transfer. These data provide a resource for further analyses of the population genetics and evolution of D. bruxellensis and of the genetic bases of its physiological capabilities.


2017 ◽  
Vol 27 (3) ◽  
pp. 147-158 ◽  
Author(s):  
Liliana Godoy ◽  
Evelyn Silva-Moreno ◽  
Wladimir Mardones ◽  
Darwin Guzman ◽  
Francisco A. Cubillos ◽  
...  

Wine production is an important commercial issue for the liquor industry. The global production was estimated at 275.7 million hectoliters in 2015. The loss of wine production due to <i>Brettanomyces bruxellensis </i>contamination is currently a problem. This yeast causes a “horse sweat” flavor in wine, which is an undesired organoleptic attribute. To date, 6 <i>B. bruxellensis </i>annotated genome sequences are available (LAMAP2480, AWRI1499, AWRI1608, AWRI1613, ST05.12/22, and CBS2499), and whole genome comparisons between strains are limited. In this article, we reassembled and reannotated the genome of <i>B. bruxellensis</i> LAMAP2480, obtaining a 27-Mb assembly with 5.5 kb of N50. In addition, the genome of <i>B. bruxellensis</i> LAMAP2480 was analyzed in the context of spoilage yeast and potential as a biotechnological tool. In addition, we carried out an exploratory transcriptomic analysis of this strain grown in synthetic wine. Several genes related to stress tolerance, micronutrient acquisition, ethanol production, and lignocellulose assimilation were found. In conclusion, the analysis of the genome of <i>B. bruxellensis</i> LAMAP2480 reaffirms the biotechnological potential of this strain. This research represents an interesting platform for the study of the spoilage yeast <i>B. bruxellensis</i>.


Microbiology ◽  
2009 ◽  
Vol 155 (2) ◽  
pp. 624-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Santos ◽  
M. San Mauro ◽  
E. Bravo ◽  
D. Marquina

Pichia membranifaciens CYC 1086 secretes a killer toxin (PMKT2) that is inhibitory to a variety of spoilage yeasts and fungi of agronomical interest. The killer toxin in the culture supernatant was concentrated by ultrafiltration and purified to homogeneity by two successive steps, including native electrophoresis and HPLC gel filtration. Biochemical characterization of the toxin showed it to be a protein with an apparent molecular mass of 30 kDa and an isoelectric point of 3.7. At pH 4.5, optimal killer activity was observed at temperatures up to 20 °C. Above approximately this pH, activity decreased sharply and was barely noticeable at pH 6. The toxin concentrations present in the supernatant during optimal production conditions exerted a fungicidal effect on a variety of fungal and yeast strains. The results obtained suggest that PMKT2 has different physico-chemical properties from PMKT as well as different potential uses in the biocontrol of spoilage yeasts. PMKT2 was able to inhibit Brettanomyces bruxellensis while Saccharomyces cerevisiae was fully resistant, indicating that PMKT2 could be used in wine fermentations to avoid the development of the spoilage yeast without deleterious effects on the fermentative strain. In small-scale fermentations, PMKT2, as well as P. membranifaciens CYC 1086, was able to inhibit B. bruxellensis, verifying the biocontrol activity of PMKT2 in simulated winemaking conditions.


2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (18) ◽  
Author(s):  
Maria J. Tavares ◽  
Ulrich Güldener ◽  
Marcos Esteves ◽  
Arlete Mendes-Faia ◽  
Ana Mendes-Ferreira ◽  
...  

This work describes, for the first time, the genome sequence of a Saccharomycodes ludwigii strain. Although usually seen as a wine spoilage yeast, S. ludwigii has been of interest for the production of fermented beverages because it harbors several interesting properties, including the production of beneficial aroma compounds.


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