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Abstract
Yeast flocculation results from surface expression of specific proteins (lectins). Two flocculation phenotypes were suggested by physiological and biochemical tests, whereas genetic data suggested a larger number of mechanisms of flocculation. After reviewing the biochemistry, physiology and genetics of flocculation, a new hypothesis combining the data available from these different sources, is proposed. Flocculation results when lectins present on flocculent cell walls bind to sugar residues of neighbouring cell walls. These sugar receptors are intrinsic to the mannan comprising cell walls of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Two lectin phenotypes were revealed by sugar inhibition studies. The gluco- and mannospecific NewFlo phenotype is not, as yet, found in genetically defined strains. Mannospecific flocculation (Flo1 phenotype) is found in strains containing the genes FLO1, FLO5 and FLO8. This phenotype is also found following mutation of the TUP1 or CYC8 loci, in previously non-flocculent strains. It is therefore proposed that the structural gene for mannospecific flocculation is common or possibly ubiquitous in non-flocculent strains and in consequence, FLO1, FLO5 and FLO8 are probably regulatory genes, exerting positive control over the structural gene. Flocculation expression requires lectin secretion to the cell surface. Many of the observed 'suppressions' of flocculation may be due to mutations of the secretory process, involved in transporting structural proteins to the cell wall. The possible involvement of killer L double-stranded RNA with flocculation is suggested, given the lectin properties of viral coat proteins and an association between L double-stranded RNA and the Flo1 phenotype.
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- M Stratford
- AFRC Institute of Food Research, Norwich, U.K
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Tricker AR, Kubacki SJ. Review of the occurrence and formation of non-volatile N-nitroso compounds in foods. FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS 1992; 9:39-69. [PMID: 1397391 DOI: 10.1080/02652039209374046] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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A review of the literature published prior to July 1991 covers the occurrence and formation of non-volatile N-nitrosamines occurring in foods and beverages. The presence of identified volatile and non-volatile N-nitrosamines accounts for less than 10% of the total apparent N-nitrosamine concentration. N-Nitrosoproline and N-nitrosothiazolidine-4-carboxylic acid are the most commonly identified non-volatile N-nitrosamines in the diet. Non-volatile N-nitrosamines account for 12 of the 21 currently identified N-nitroso compounds in foods and beverages.
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- A R Tricker
- German Cancer Research Center, Institute for Toxicology and Chemotherapy, Heidelberg
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Mauricio JC, Salmon JM. Rapid spectrophotometric determination of the exponential constant of ethanol-enhanced proton diffusion in yeasts. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1992. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02438683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Coles G, Jamieson P, Haslemore R. Effect of moisture stress on malting quality in Triumph barley. J Cereal Sci 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/s0733-5210(09)80137-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Skytta¨ E, Hereijgers W, Mattila-Sandholm T. Broad spectrum antibacterial activity ofPediococcus damnosus andPediococcus pentosaceus in minced meat. Food Microbiol 1991. [DOI: 10.1016/0740-0020(91)90055-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Vindevogel J, Szücs R, Sandra P, Verhagen LC. Analysis of beeriso-α-acids by micellar electrokinetic chromatography and multi-wavelength UV detection. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1991. [DOI: 10.1002/jhrc.1240140904] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Naumov G, Naumova E, Turakainen H, Suominen P, Korhola M. Polymeric genes MEL8, MEL9 and MEL10--new members of alpha-galactosidase gene family in Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Curr Genet 1991; 20:269-76. [PMID: 1657419 DOI: 10.1007/bf00318514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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We used a combination of genetic hybridization analysis and electrokaryotyping with radioactively labelled MEL1 gene probe hybridization to isolate and identify seven polymeric genes for the fermentation of melibiose in strain CBS 5378 of Saccharomyces cerevisiae (syn. norbensis). Four of the MEL genes, i.e. MEL3, MEL4, MEL6 and MEL7, were allelic to those found in S. cerevisiae strain CBS 4411 (syn. S. oleaginosus) whereas three genes, i.e. MEL8, MEL9 and MEL10 occupied new loci. Electrokaryotyping showed that all seven MEL genes in CBS 5378 were located on different chromosomes. The new MEL8, MEL9 and MEL10 genes were found on chromosomes XV, X/XIV and XII, respectively.
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- G Naumov
- All-Union Scientific Research Institute for Genetics and Selection of Industrial Microorganisms, Moscow, USSR
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Flocculation characteristics of 42 flocculent strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae were examined. Two entirely distinct 'lectin-like' mechanisms of flocculation were distinguished by sugar, salt, and low pH inhibitions, protease sensitivity, and selective expression of flocculation. One group, termed Flo1 phenotype, was inhibited by mannopyranoses and contained all strains bearing known genes affecting flocculation. The other group, termed NewFlo phenotype, contained the majority of brewery ale stains and was inhibited by manno- and glucopyranoses. Detailed sugar-inhibition work revealed the probable receptor identity of both Flo1 and NewFlo flocculation, as being non-reducing termini of alpha-(1-3)-linked mannan side branches, two or three mannopyranose residues in length.
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- M Stratford
- AFRC Institute of Food Research, Norwich Laboratory, U.K
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Comparative studies of the development of endosperm-degrading enzymes in malting sorghum and barley. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 1990; 6:408-17. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01202124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/1990] [Revised: 05/24/1990] [Accepted: 06/07/1990] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Owuama CI, Okafor N. Use of unmalted sorghum as a brewing adjunct. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 1990; 6:318-22. [DOI: 10.1007/bf01201304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/1990] [Accepted: 02/16/1990] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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Carmichael JP, Daigle G, Rivest LP. Analyse des préférences des Canadiens en matière de bière. CAN J STAT 1990. [DOI: 10.2307/3315558] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Whitmore GA, Gentleman JF. Beer chemistry and Canadians' beer preferences. CAN J STAT 1990. [DOI: 10.2307/3315557] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Waldenström A, Ronquist G, Carlsson L, Sabler E, Baldesten A, Sirén M. Analysis of free inositol trisphosphate in heart tissue by FPLC and isotachophoresis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1051:185-91. [PMID: 2310770 DOI: 10.1016/0167-4889(90)90192-g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Recent, increasing interest in inositol tris(1,4,5)phosphate (IP3) turnover and metabolism has led to a need for a fast and quantitative determination of this compound in various tissues. These requirements are fulfilled by separation in different steps (FPLC and Sephadex G-10) culminating in further separation and quantification by isotachophoresis. Isotachophoresis means a migration of ion species of the same sign in an electrical field with all ions moving with the same velocity. The migration takes place when an electrical field is applied to a system of electrolytes of specific design. Detection was carried out by monitoring conductivity changes. The method is highly sensitive and allows measurements of IP3 in the pmolar range. Linearity was demonstrated over a wide range, 50-4500 pmol. The total imprecision was low with a coefficient of variation of 3%. When determining in biological tissue the recovery was estimated to be close to 100%. The mean content of IP3 in 15 rat heart specimens was 44.3 pmol/mg dry weight corresponding to tissue samples in the order of 4 mg wet weight. By noradrenaline stimulation myocardial content of IP3 increased by 50%.
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- A Waldenström
- Department of Internal Medicine, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden
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Ball G. The application of HPLC to the determination of low molecular weight sugars and polyhydric alcohols in foods: A review. Food Chem 1990. [DOI: 10.1016/0308-8146(90)90026-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Witte V, Krohn U, Emeis CC. Characterization of yeasts with high L[+]-lactic acid production: lactic acid specific soft-agar overlay (LASSO) and TAFE-patterns. J Basic Microbiol 1989; 29:707-16. [PMID: 2698956 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620291014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Only few yeast strains are known for the high level production of L[+]-lactate. We report indications for the conspecifity of Kluyveromyces thermotolerans (formerly Saccharomyces veronae) strain CBS 4728 with Stamm 42 (formerly Saccharomyces pretoriensis, RADLER 1984). We suggest that Stamm 42 has little, if any relationship to Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Furthermore, we have optimized the method of Subden et al. (1982) for the detection of lactate producing microorganisms. Using this method in a screening with 100 yeast strains of our institute collection, we could not find additional strains with high L[+]-lactate production. This method may provide a useful tool for the molecular cloning of the unique yeast L[+]-LDH1) gene (s).
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- V Witte
- Institut für Mikrobiologie/BioIV, RWTH Aachen, FRG
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Perez-Cerrada M, Herrero-Villen M, Maquieira A. Sugar-rich food: Determination of inorganic anions by ionic chromatography. Food Chem 1989. [DOI: 10.1016/0308-8146(89)90105-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Peron RM, Allen GL. Attempts to train novices for beer flavor discrimination: a matter of taste. THE JOURNAL OF GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY 1988; 115:403-18. [PMID: 3210002 DOI: 10.1080/00221309.1988.9710577] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Inexperienced beer-drinkers who could not pass a beer-flavor discrimination test were divided into a taste group, which received additional perceptual experience with beer flavors; a verbal group, which received instruction in beer flavor terminology; a taste/verbal group, which received both additional experience and instruction; and a control group. Before and after training, all subjects participated in a similarity rating task involving beer flavors and flavor-related adjectives. Additional taste experience--but not increased experience with beer-flavor terminology--improved novices' ability to detect identical beer flavors. Results are discussed in terms of the trainability of flavor discrimination and the role of cognitive factors (both flavor-related and flavor-independent) in marketing beverages.
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- R M Peron
- Department of Psychology, Old Dominion University
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Quantification of high molecular weight (1→3)(1→4)-β-d-glucan using Calcofluor complex formation and flow injection analysis. II. determination of total β-glucan content of barley and malt. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1988. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02904434] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Gjermansen C, Nilsson-Tillgren T, Petersen JG, Kielland-Brandt MC, Sigsgaard P, Holmberg S. Towards diacetyl-less brewers' yeast. Influence of ilv2 and ilv5 mutations. J Basic Microbiol 1988; 28:175-83. [PMID: 3057172 DOI: 10.1002/jobm.3620280304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
During alcoholic fermentations, the off-flavour compound diacetyl is formed non-enzymatically from acetolactate leaking out from the cells. Acetolactate is an intermediate in the biosynthesis of valine. In beer fermentation, the amount of diacetyl is reduced to acceptable levels during maturation. A reduction of the time needed for maturation may be achieved by the use of a brewing yeast that produces less diacetyl. Saccharomyces cerevisiae laboratory strains with an inactive ilv2 gene can not form acetolactate, while ilv5 strains, blocked in the subsequent step, leak acetolactate in high amounts. Induction of recessive mutations in production strains of Saccharomyces carlsbergensis has not yet been achieved, as the yeast is polyploid and possibly a hybrid between S. cerevisiae and another Saccharomyces species. Thus, all chromosomes investigated so far are present in at least two genetically different versions. Genetic and molecular analysis has shown that the brewing yeast is structurally heterozygous for ILV2 and ILV5. Genetic modification of brewers' yeast to reduce diacetyl formation is being carried out by mutation of ILV2. Deletion mutations in both ILV2 alleles have been constructed in vitro to be used for gene replacement in the brewing strain. In addition, partial inactivation of the ILV2 function is carried out by selecting spontaneous dominant mutations resistant to the herbicide sulfometuron methyl. Among these mutants some produce only half the amount of diacetyl compared to the parental strain. An alternative way to reduce diacetyl production might be to increase the activity of the ILV5 gene product. Model experiments in S. cerevisiae show that the presence of the ILV5 gene on a 2-micron based multi-copy vector can reduce the diacetyl production by half.
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- C Gjermansen
- Carlsberg Laboratory, Department of Physiology, Copenhagen Valby, Denmark
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Kirii Y, Danbara H, Komase K, Arita H, Yoshikawa M. Detection of enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by colony hybridization with biotinylated enterotoxin probes. J Clin Microbiol 1987; 25:1962-5. [PMID: 2822764 PMCID: PMC269376 DOI: 10.1128/jcm.25.10.1962-1965.1987] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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By using biotinylated enterotoxin DNA probes, a method to detect enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli by colony hybridization was developed. The treatment of colonies on nitrocellulose membrane filters with proteinase K and Triton X-100 was essential for obtaining the specific hybridization. A total of 200 E. coli strains isolated from travelers with diarrhea were tested for colony hybridization by using a probe encoding heat-labile toxin (LT) type h. All strains (86 of 86) that produced LT, but none of the non-LT producers, hybridized with 32P-labeled and biotinylated LT type h probes. A total of 36 strains chosen randomly from the 200 isolates were tested for colony hybridization by using heat-stable enterotoxin (ST) probes. All but two strains that hybridized with the 32P-labeled ST type Ia probe also hybridized with the biotinylated ST type Ia probe. All strains that hybridized with the 32P-labeled ST type Ib probe also hybridized with the biotinylated ST type Ib probe. Thus, almost all E. coli strains tested were judged to be the same by colony hybridization with biotinylated or 32P-labeled enterotoxin probes. These results demonstrate that the biotinylated enterotoxin probes are useful in the diagnosis of enterotoxigenic E. coli strains by colony hybridization.
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- Y Kirii
- Department of Bacteriology, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Penttil� ME, Suihko ML, Lehtinen U, Nikkola M, Knowles JKC. Construction of brewer's yeasts secreting fungal endo-�-glucanase. Curr Genet 1987. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00434818] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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LEMARESQUIER H. Inter-relationships between strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae from the Champagne area and lactic acid bacteria. Lett Appl Microbiol 1987. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1987.tb01590.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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von Wettstein D. Molecular genetics in the improvement of brewer's and distiller's yeast. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1987; 53:299-305. [PMID: 3318685 DOI: 10.1007/bf00400552] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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Tredoux H, Kock J, Lategan P. The use of cellular long-chain fatty acid composition in the identification of some yeasts association with the wine industry. Syst Appl Microbiol 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(87)80038-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Jones RP. Factors influencing deactivation of yeast cells exposed to ethanol. THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY 1987; 63:153-64. [PMID: 3308805 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1987.tb02698.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
Abstract
The lyotropic series discovered in 1888 by Hofmeister describes the effect of solutes on the structure and physical chemistry of the aqueous phase. Chaotropic members of the lyotropic series destructure the aqueous phase while antichaotropic solutes act to enhance the structuredness of the aqueous phase. This alteration of the aqueous phase affects the physical structure or physicochemical state of any other phase exposed to the aqueous phase, such as the plasma membrane of any cell. Solute lyotropy is therefore, via its ability to alter the physicochemical state of the plasma membrane, able to modify the processes of yeast cell deactivation (i.e. the processes leading to loss of ability to replicate and to eventual cell death) in the presence of toxic solutes such as ethanol. In this study the effect of a variety of salts and non-ionic solutes upon cell deactivation in the presence of 16% w/v ethanol is explained in terms of the lyotropic series. Chaotropic salts protect against ethanol-induced deactivation and antichaotropic salts enhance the rate of this process. It is proposed that the mechanism by which chaotropic solutes exert their protective effect involves a reduction in the activity coefficient of the ethanol, thereby reducing the concentration of ethanol within the plasma membrane.
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- R P Jones
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, St Lucia, Australia
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Muller HB, Kock JL, Botes PJ, Lategan PM. The cellular long-chain fatty acid composition of species representing the Genus Pichia Hansen emend. Kurtzman. Syst Appl Microbiol 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/s0723-2020(87)80035-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Verzele M, Velde NVD. BICYCLIC ISOMERISATION PRODUCTS OF HUMULONE AND COHUMULONE IN BEER. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 1987. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1987.tb04497.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Verzele M, Dewaele C. Liquid chromatography in packed fused silica capillaries or Micro-LC: A repeat of the capillary gas chromatography story? ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1002/jhrc.1240100513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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2-ETHYLHEXANOIC ACID IN BEER. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 1987. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1987.tb04466.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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O'Farrell DD. USE OF NITROGEN DIOXIDE AFTER STEEPING TO INHIBIT FORMATION OF NITROSAMINES IN MALT. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 1987. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1987.tb04473.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Ahmad MU, Libbey LM, Scanlan RA. Synthesis of N1-nitroso-3-nitromethylindole: a nonvolatile N-nitroso compound isolated from the nitrosation of the alkaloid gramine. FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS 1987; 4:45-8. [PMID: 3556675 DOI: 10.1080/02652038709373613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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An approach to the synthesis of N1-nitroso-3-nitromethylindole, a nitrosation product of the alkaloid gramine, is described. The method involves a few reaction steps starting from indole-3-carbinol.
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Stannard CJ, Gibbs PA. Rapid microbiology: applications of bioluminescence in the food industry--a review. JOURNAL OF BIOLUMINESCENCE AND CHEMILUMINESCENCE 1986; 1:3-10. [PMID: 3332548 DOI: 10.1002/bio.1170010103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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The bioluminescent assay of ATP is rapid and simple and may be used as an estimate of microbial numbers. It therefore shows great potential as a technique to provide information on the microbiological quality of a food within a few minutes, in comparison with conventional techniques, which provide results retrospectively. However, despite the advantages of speed and sensitivity, no food microbiologists are using the technique for routine quality control and hygiene monitoring. This review seeks to highlight the reasons for this, and to offer some ideas for future research to increase the acceptance of ATP assays within the food industry.
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- C J Stannard
- Applied Microbiology Section, Leatherhead Food R.A., Surrey, UK
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Nishikawa N, Kamada K. VARIETAL DIFFERENTIATION OF MALTS BY RESAZURIN STAINING. JOURNAL OF THE INSTITUTE OF BREWING 1986. [DOI: 10.1002/j.2050-0416.1986.tb04410.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Ward M, Scott RJ, Davey MR, Clothier RH, Cocking EC, Balls M. Transfer of antibiotic resistance genes between yeast and mammalian cells under conditions favoring cell fusion. SOMATIC CELL AND MOLECULAR GENETICS 1986; 12:101-9. [PMID: 3008348 DOI: 10.1007/bf01560657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Antibiotic resistance to G418 has been transferred into Chinese hamster cell lines via a plasmid vector. The same plasmid, which also contained the Leu2 gene, has been used to transform Leu2- yeast (strain MC16) to leucine prototrophy. Subsequent fusion between transformed yeast and untransformed hamster cells demonstrated that plasmid DNA could be transferred and its genes expressed within the mammalian cell genome. The fusion of transformed hamster cells with untransformed MC16 yeast cells demonstrated that DNA integrated within the mammalian cell genome could be transferred to correct the Leu2 deficiency and also confer G418 resistance on some yeast colonies.
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Bartels JH, Burlingame GA, Suffet IM. Flavor Profile Analysis: Taste and Odor Control of the Future. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1986.tb05714.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Pedersen MB. DNA sequence polymorphisms in the genus saccharomyces III. Restriction endonuclease fragment patterns of chromosomal regions in brewing and other yeast strains. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1986. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02907322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Abstract
It is now certain that the inherent ethanol tolerance of the Saccharomyces strain used is not the prime factor regulating the level of ethanol that can be produced in a high sugar brewing, wine, sake, or distillery fermentation. In fact, in terms of the maximum concentration that these yeasts can produce under batch (16 to 17% [v/v]) or fed-batch conditions, there is clearly no difference in ethanol tolerance. This is not to say, however, that under defined conditions there is no difference in ethanol tolerance among different Saccharomyces yeasts. This property, although a genetic determinant, is clearly influenced by many factors (carbohydrate level, wort nutrition, temperature, osmotic pressure/water activity, and substrate concentration), and each yeast strain reacts to each factor differently. This will indeed lead to differences in measured tolerance. Thus, it is extremely important that each of these be taken into consideration when determining "tolerance" for a particular set of fermentation conditions. The manner in which each alcohol-related industry has evolved is now known to have played a major role in determining traditional thinking on ethanol tolerance in Saccharomyces yeasts. It is interesting to speculate on how different our thinking on ethanol tolerance would be today if sake fermentations had not evolved with successive mashing and simultaneous saccharification and fermentation of rice carbohydrate, if distillers' worts were clarified prior to fermentation but brewers' wort were not, and if grape skins with their associated unsaturated lipids had not been an integral part of red wine musts. The time is now ripe for ethanol-related industries to take advantage of these findings to improve the economies of production. In the authors' opinion, breweries could produce higher alcohol beers if oxygenation (leading to unsaturated lipids) and "usable" nitrogen source levels were increased in high gravity worts. White wine fermentations could also, if desired, match the higher ethanol levels in red wines if oxygenation (to provide the unsaturated lipids deleted in part by the removal of the grape skins) were practiced and if care were given to assimilable nitrogen concentrations. This would hold true even at 10 to 14 degrees C, and the more rapid fermentations would maximize utilization of winery tankage.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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Lu SH, Montesano R, Zhang MS, Feng L, Luo FJ, Chui SX, Umbenhauer D, Saffhill R, Rajewsky MF. Relevance of N-nitrosamines to esophageal cancer in China. JOURNAL OF CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY. SUPPLEMENT 1986; 4:51-8. [PMID: 3528183 DOI: 10.1002/jcp.1041290411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Studies on the relevance of the N-nitrosamines to esophageal cancer in China are reviewed. Esophageal cancer is a complex and multifactorial problem. Although a causal association between nitrosamines exposure and esophageal cancer in China has not yet been rigorously established, exposure of Lin-Xian subjects to nitrosamines either directly or as a result of their in vivo formation has been detected in our study. Several N-nitrosamines (NDMA, NDEA, NMBzA, NPyr, NPip, and NSAR) in gastric juice collected from Lin-Xian inhabitants have been detected. A correlation was found between the lesions of esophageal epithelium and the amount of nitrosamines present. In addition, the amounts of N-nitrosamino acids (N-nitrosoproline, N-nitrosothiazolidine 4-carboxylic acid, NSAR, and nitrates) excreted in 24-hr urine of subjects in Lin-Xian were significantly higher than those in Fan-Xian, indicating a higher exposure to N-nitroso compound and their precursors of the inhabitants in the high-risk area. The effect of nitrosamines on human esophagus has been investigated at the cellular levels. The amounts of O6-MedG in DNA of esophageal or stomach mucosa of patients from Lin-Xian were higher than that from Europe (Lyon and Essen). The presence of O6-MedG in the human fetal esophagus cultured with NMBzA was also detected. These findings indicate that the elevated levels of O6-MedG in esophageal DNA could be the result of a recent exposure to N-nitroso compounds or a genetically determined reduced cellular capacity for repair of O6-MedG from DNA. The hyperplasia was induced in the esophagus of human fetus that cultured with NMBzA for 2 weeks to 2 months. The intervention studies of esophageal cancer in Lin-Xian have been pursued. Intake of moderate doses of ascorbic acids by Lin-Xian subjects effectively reduced the urinary levels of N-nitrosamino acids to those found in un-dosed subjects in the low-risk area. If N-nitroso compounds are formed in vivo and are among the causative factors of esophageal cancer in Lin-Xian, ascorbic acid appears to be effective in lowering the body burden of these carcinogenic compounds. Thus, the plan of chemoprevention is carried out in Lin-Xian.
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Thomas DS, Henschke PA, Garland B, Tucknott OG. A microprocessor-controlled photometer for monitoring microbial growth in multi-welled plates. THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED BACTERIOLOGY 1985; 59:337-46. [PMID: 3905742 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1985.tb03328.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Multi-welled microtitre plates provide a convenient means of handling 'large block' multifactorial experiments with microbial cultures. An inexpensive instrument, termed a 'Biophotometer', has been designed to monitor microbial growth in each well, by transmitted light measurements. Optional microcomputer control is employed to facilitate scanning of plates and data handling. A unique method for agitating cultures is incorporated into the system. Typical results are presented to illustrate the versatility of this system.
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Aguilera A, Benítez T. Role of mitochondria in ethanol tolerance of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Arch Microbiol 1985; 142:389-92. [PMID: 3904658 DOI: 10.1007/bf00491909] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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The presence of active mitochondria and oxidative metabolism is shown to be essential to maintain low inhibition levels by ethanol of the growth rate (mu), fermentation rate (nu) or respiration rate (rho) of Saccharomyces cerevisiae wild type strain S288C. Cells which have respiratory metabolism show Ki (ethanol inhibition constant) values for mu, nu and rho, higher (Ki greater than 1 M) than those of "petite" mutants or "grande" strains grown in anaerobiosis (Ki = 0.7 M). In addition, the relationship between mu or nu and ethanol concentration is linear in cells with respiratory metabolism and exponential in cells lacking respiration. When functional mitochondria are transferred to "petite" mutants, the resulting strain shows Ki values similar to those of the "grande" strain and the inhibition of mu and nu by increasing ethanol concentrations becomes linear.
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de Figueroa LIC, de van Broock MRG. Spheroplast fusion of a brewing yeast strain with Saccharomyces diastaticus. Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 1985. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00295123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Walker R. Sulphiting agents in foods: some risk/benefit considerations. FOOD ADDITIVES AND CONTAMINANTS 1985; 2:5-24. [PMID: 4018315 DOI: 10.1080/02652038509373522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The current toxicological status of sulphiting agents is reviewed, including evidence of adverse reactions to sulphited foods by a sub-population of asthmatics. Against this background are assessed the applications and benefits of sulphiting agents in foods. It is concluded that further information is required to determine the magnitude of risk and that, in the interim, the controlled use of sulphiting agents is justifiable.
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Phenolic acids in grains of wild-type barley and proanthocyanidin-free mutants. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1985. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02910533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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