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- Title
Evidence for S. cerevisiae fermentation in ancient wine.
- Authors
Cavalieri, Duccio; McGovern, Patrick E; Hartl, Daniel L; Mortimer, Robert; Polsinelli, Mario
- Abstract
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the principal yeast used in modern fermentation processes, including winemaking, breadmaking, and brewing. From residue present inside one of the earliest known wine jars from Egypt, we have extracted, amplified, and sequenced ribosomal DNA from S. cerevisiae. These results indicate that this organism was probably responsible for wine fermentation by at least 3150 B.C. This inference has major implications for the evolution of bread and beer yeasts, since it suggests that S. cerevisiae yeast, which occurs naturally on the surface bloom of grapes, was also used as an inoculum to ferment cereal products.
- Publication
Journal of molecular evolution, 2003, Vol 57 Suppl 1, pS226
- ISSN
0022-2844
- Publication type
Journal Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00239-003-0031-2