The brewing industry is experiencing a period of change and experimentation largely driven
by customer demand for product diversity. This has coincided with a greater appreciation of …

Considerable progress in our understanding of yeast genomes and their evolution has been
made over the last decade with the sequencing, analysis, and comparisons of numerous …

The dramatic phenotypic changes that occur in organisms during domestication leave
indelible imprints on their genomes. Although many domesticated plants and animals have …

In addition to Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the cryotolerant yeast species S. uvarum is also
used for wine and cider fermentation but nothing is known about its natural history. Here we …

Yeasts play vital roles in food biotechnology, especially in fermented products. Yeasts are
monoculture bioprocessing agents, are members of complex microbial communities, and …

The burgeoning interest in archaic, traditional, and novel beer styles has coincided with a
growing appreciation of the role of yeasts in determining beer character as well as a better …

Yeast researchers need model systems for ecology and evolution, but the model yeast
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is not ideal because its evolution has been affected by …

The natural interspecies Saccharomyces cerevisiae× Saccharomyces eubayanus hybrid
yeast is responsible for global lager beer production and is one of the most important …

Lager beer is the most consumed alcoholic beverage in the world. Its production process is
marked by a fermentation conducted at low (8 to 15° C) temperatures and by the use of …

Shortly after the agricultural revolution, the domestication of bacteria, yeasts, and molds,
played an essential role in enhancing the stability, quality, flavor, and texture of food …