Czech J. Food Sci., 2009, 27(10):S319-S322 | DOI: 10.17221/604-CJFS

Glucose, l-Malic Acid and pH Effect on Fermentation Products in Biological Deacidification

A. Kunicka-Styczyńska^*

Institute of Fermentation Technology and Microbiology, Technical University of Lodz, 90-924 Lodz, Poland, *E-mail: akunicka@p.lodz.pl

Industrial wine yeasts Saccharomyces cerevisiae Syrena, an interspecies hybrid (S. cerevisiae × S. bayanus) HW2-3 and Schizosaccharomyces pombe met 3-15 h^{+>/sup> were examined to determine changes in fermentation profiles in different environmental conditions in YG medium with different concentrations of glucose (2, 6, 40 or 100 g/l), L-malic acid (4, 7 or 11 g/l) and at pH 3.0, 3.5 and 5.0. The results were obtained by HPLC method (organic acids, acetaldehyde, glycerol, diacetyl) and enzymatically (L-malic acid, ethanol). In anaerobic conditions (100 g/l glucose), the optimal parameters for L-malic acid decomposition for S. cerevisiae Syrena and the hybrid HW2-3 were 11 g/l L-malic acid and pH 3.0 and 3.5, respectively. S. pombe expressed the highest demalication activity at 40 and 100 g/l glucose, 7 g/l L-malic acid and pH 3.0. The fermentation profiles of selected metabolites of yeast were unique for specific industrial strains. These profiles may help in the proper selection of yeast strains to fermentation and make it possible to predict the organoleptic changes in the course of fruit must fermentation.}

Keywords: wine yeast; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Schizosaccharomyces pombe; L-malic acid; biological deacidification

Published: June 30, 2009  Show citation