Killer yeasts may help remedy a craft beer brewing bother

In a proof-of-concept study, researchers found that killer toxins inhibited up to 95% of diastatic yeasts.

13-Sep-2024 - When diastatic strains ofSaccharomyces cerevisiae,or brewer’s yeast, land in the wrong place, they can become a craftbeerbrewer’s nightmare. Diastatic yeasts are variant strains of yeasts that secrete glucoamylase, an enzyme that can break down dextrins into simple sugars, which can spoil ...

Microbiologists improve taste of beer

05-Oct-2022 - Belgian investigators have improved the flavor of contemporary beer by identifying and engineering a gene that is responsible for much of the flavor of beer and some other alcoholic drinks.The researchappears inApplied and Environmental Microbiology, a journal of the American Society for ...