Zygosaccharomyces 4307019 207813597 2008-04-24T08:56:25Z Aesopos 3138216 {{Taxobox | name = ''Zygosaccharomyes'' | image = | image_width = 250px | image_caption = <small>''Zygosaccharomyces bailii''</small> | regnum = [[Fungus|Fungi]] | phylum = [[Ascomycota]] | subphylum = [[Saccharomycotina]] | classis = [[Saccharomycetes]] | ordo = [[Saccharomycetales]] | familia = [[Saccharomycetaceae]] | genus = '''''Zygosaccharomyces''''' | genus_authority = Barnet et al., 1983 | subdivision_ranks = Species | subdivision = ''[[Zygosaccharomyces bailii|Z. bailii]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces bisporus|Z. bisporus]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces cidri|Z. cidri]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces fermentati|Z. fermentati]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces florentinus|Z. florentinus]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces kombuchaensis|Z. kombuchaensis]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces lentus|Z. lentus]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces mellis|Z. mellis]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces microellipsoides|Z. microellipsoides]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces mrakii|Z. mrakii]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces pseudorouxii|Z. pseudorouxii]]''<br> ''[[Zygosaccharomyces rouxii|Z. rouxii]]'' }} '''''Zygosaccharomyces''''' is a [[genus]] of [[yeast]] in the family [[Saccharomycetaceae]]. It was first described under the ''[[Saccharomyces]]'' genus but in 1983 it was reclassified to its current name in the work by Barnett et al. The yeast has a long history as a spoilage yeast within the [[food industry]]. This is mainly because it is tolerant to many of the common [[food preservation]] methods. The biochemical properties it possesses to achieve this includes high [[sugar]] tolerance (50-60%), high [[ethanol]] tolerance (up to 18%), high [[acetic acid]] tolerance (2.0-2.5%), very high [[sorbic acid|sorbic]] and [[benzoic acid]] tolerance (up to 800-1000mg/L), very high molecular [[Sulfur dioxide|SO<sub>2</sub>]] tolerance (greater than 3mg/L) and high [[xerotolerance]] <ref>[http://cati.csufresno.edu/verc/rese/98/980902/index.html K.C. Fugelsang, "Zygosaccharomyces, A Spoilage Yeast Isolated from Grape Juice"]</ref> <br clear="all"> ==References== <references/> [[Category:Ascomycota]] [[Category:Yeasts]] {{yeast-stub}} [[tr:Zygosaccharomyces]]