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Article

Identification of Microflora in a Biological Brewer’s Wort Acidification Process Run Continuously for 20 Years

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Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality, Technische Universität München, Alte Akademie 3, 85354 Freising, Germany
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Department of Microbiology, Research Institute of Brewing and Malting, PLC, Lípová 15, 12044 Prague, Czech Republic
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Ottakringer Brauerei AG, Ottakringer Platz 1, 1160 Vienna, Austria
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Doemens Academy GmbH, Stefanusstraße 8, 82166 Gräfelfing, Germany
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Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.
These authors contributed equally to this work.
Fermentation 2018, 4(3), 51; https://doi.org/10.3390/fermentation4030051
Submission received: 8 June 2018 / Revised: 27 June 2018 / Accepted: 30 June 2018 / Published: 4 July 2018
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Brewing & Distilling)

Abstract

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Biological acidification is a common and beneficial way for breweries to adjust the pH value of their mash or wort to improve enzymatic activity during mashing, raise yeast activity during fermentation, and increase the flavor stability of the finished beer. The reactors are mostly run for many years without re-inoculating a fresh culture, creating the possibility of changes in the culture, genetic drifts, or the survival of different strains. In this study, a biological acidification culture that had been continuously run for 20 years was analyzed by GTG5 PCR and IGS2-314 rDNA PCR fingerprinting, as well as 16S and 26S rDNA sequencing, and real-time PCR was applied to differentiate the bacterial and yeast strains and species. The applied real-time PCR primers for Lactobacillus amylolyticus and Lactobacillus amylovorus have not been published yet. It was shown that only strains of the species L. amylolyticus were present, with low contamination of yeast strains from the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae. As the original starter culture was Lactobacillus amylolyticus, the acidification plant ran for 20 years, and no Lactobacillus sp. cross-contamination could be analyzed using culture-dependent methods after 20 years. The microflora composition is a decisive factor for the final beer flavor.

Graphical Abstract

1. Introduction

Deliberate biological mash acidification has a major positive impact on almost all steps in the brewery, from mashing through to the final beer [1]. It is caused by thermophilic lactic acid bacteria (LAB), which were first described approximately 130 years ago by P. Lindner [2]. Twelve years later, in 1896, Leichmann found bacterial cells producing lactic acid from malt mash [3]. Since then, it has become a widely used technique for improving the quality of beer and lowering the pH of the malt, sweet wort, and wort in the brewery. The first patent for an applied wort acidification process was claimed in 1906 by Otto Francke [4]. The process consists of a batch or continuous fermentation of diluted sweet wort (5–12 °P) by a culture of LAB, to a final concentration of 1% lactic acid. Acidification is usually complete within 24 h, and achieves a final pH value of 3.0–3.6 [1,5]. A ratio of 1–2% acidified sweet wort is added to acidify mash or wort. This addition changes the mash pH value by 0.1–0.3 pH units, and the wort pH value by 0.2–0.4 pH units [1] As the LAB applied are very sensitive to hops, and the mixture is heated to temperatures that are lethal to bacteria, an infection of the final product is unlikely [1]. Biological acidification is a natural way of adding lactic acid to the brew instead of using technical lactic or phosphoric acid to lower the pH value. It is therefore accepted under the German Purity Law (Reinheitsgebot), and is used by many German breweries as well as breweries around the world [6].
The benefits of biological acidification are, in particular, better fermentation, higher selective pressure on the yeast, better enzyme offerings, and activities in the mash (glucanolytic, proteolytic, and amylolytic), as well as good nutrient supply, filtration, sensory quality, and flavor stability of the beer in comparison with technical acidification (lactic and phosphoric acid) [7,8,9,10]. There are also minor disadvantages with biological acidification, such as a loss of bitter substances, lower hop isomerization, and a lower splitting range of DMS (dimethyl sulfide) precursors [9].
The most employed microorganism, Lactobacillus amylolyticus, originated from barley malt, but other LAB are also used, i.e., L. delbrueckii, L. fermentum, L. casei, L. amylovorus, L. helveticus, Pediococcus acidilacti, P. pentosaceus, and P. dextrinicus [1,7,11,12]. Important requirements in the selection of LAB strains are the production of the maximum amounts of L(+)-lactic acid as a metabolic end product, with relatively low or no production of diacetyl; it must be a natural isolate from barley or malt, and growth should be at 47–48 °C [10,12]. Strains of the species L. amylolyticus are Gram-positive rods, catalase- and oxidase-negative, homofermentative, thermophilic, and microaerophilic—they ferment maltose, dextrins, and starch, and are sensitive to hop compounds. In comparison with yeast propagation, which is re-inoculated with a fresh culture of pure yeast approximately every four months [13]; biological acidification is left to its own devices for many years by most breweries. The low pH value, as well as the high temperature, ensures a microbiologically stable process with a low contamination risk [1]. Moreover, most breweries using biological acidification report a typical “in-house taste” [6] that is related to their acidification process, and which could change after re-inoculating the LAB. This incidence could be due to strain-related flavor production or to contamination by thermophilic yeast (Kluyveromyces marxianus or Candida kefyr) other thermophilic bacteria (L. casei subspecies or L. coryniformis), or by a mixture of differing strains of the same species [1,6].
The aim of this study was therefore to identify the species of microorganisms in the biologically acidified sweet wort samples that had been continuously used for 20 years for biological acidification without re-inoculation in the Ottakringer brewery (Vienna, Austria).

2. Materials and Methods

2.1. Media and Growth Conditions

Two biologically acidified sweet wort samples were supplied by the Ottakringer brewery in Vienna, Austria. Each of the samples was serially diluted using 10-fold volumes of physiological salt solution and cultured on wort agar with tetracycline (WAT) (20 μL/mL) (Weihenstephan Brewery, Freising, Germany), on sweet wort agar (SW) at 11 °P (Weihenstephan Brewery), and MRS agar (Sifin, Berlin, Germany) using the spread plate technique. Cultivation was performed at 28 and 48 °C under aerobic (WAT) and anaerobic (WAT, SW, and MRS) conditions for 2–7 days. Anaerobic cultivation was performed with Anaerocult A (Merck, Darmstadt, Germany) in a 2.5 L anaerobiosis jar (Merck). Microorganisms with distinct colony morphologies were selected, and the cell morphology was microscopically determined. The isolates were sub-cultured in the same medium and used as stock cultures in subsequent analyses. Yeasts were numbered in the following from sample SG1 to SG100. All bacteria are numbered starting from SG 101 and continuing in ascending order.

2.2. Preparing Cryogenic Cultures

Single colonies were inoculated into liquid media, and the growth cultures were used to prepare cryogenic cultures—Roti-Store yeast cryo-vials (Roth, Karlsruhe, Germany) for yeasts, and a Roti-Store cryo-vial (Roth) for bacteria. The cultures were stored at −80 °C.

2.3. PCR and Fingerprinting

DNA isolation was executed as follows: microbial cultures (100 μL) were transferred into sterile reaction vessels and centrifuged at 12,000× g for 2 min; cell pellets were re-suspended in the InstaGene Matrix (Biorad, München, Germany). DNA was then isolated according to the manufacturer’s instructions and was used for fingerprint typing, real-time PCR, and for 16S rDNA and 26S rDNA sequence analyses.
The DNA concentration was measured spectrophotometrically at 230, 260, and 280 nm (Nanodrop 1000, Thermo Scientific, Waltham, MA, USA) and adjusted to 25 ng/μL for (GTG)5 analysis. The primer (GTG)5 (Table 1) and the following PCR protocol were used: (i) 95 °C for 5 min; (ii) 30 cycles of 95 °C for 30 s, 40 °C for 1 min, and 72 °C for 8 min; (iii) 72 °C for 16 min. For IGS2-314 analysis, the primers IGS2-314-fp and IGS2-314-rp (Table 1) were used, and the PCR parameters were (i) 95 °C for 5 min; (ii) 35 cycles of 95 °C for 25 s, 54 °C for 30 s, and 72 °C for 40 s; and (iii) 72 °C for 5 min.
PCR was carried out using the MasterCycler manufactured by Eppendorf in Germany. PCR master mixes were prepared with a 12.5 μL RedTaq Master Mix 2x (Genaxxon, Ulm, Germany), 5 μL water at PCR quality, 5 μL of primer (Biomers, Ulm, Germany), and 2.5 μL of template DNA, resulting in a total reaction volume of 25 μL for (GTG)5 analysis; and with 12.5 μL RedTaq Master Mix 2x (double concentrated) (Genaxxon), 7 μL of water (PCR quality), 2,5 μL of each primer (Biomers) and 2.5 μL of template DNA, resulting in a total reaction volume of 25 μL for IGS2 314 analysis.
Amplicons were initially analyzed by the gel electrophoresis system Agilent 2100 (Agilent Technologies, Santa Clara, CA, United States), using the Agilent DNA 7500 kit ((GTG)5 analysis) and the Agilent DNA 1000 kit (IGS2 314 analysis). Phylogenetic analysis was conducted using Bionumerics 7.1 software (Applied Maths, Sint-Martens-Latem, Belgium). The sequence similarity was estimated using the Pearson correlation with an optimization of 0.5% and curve smoothing of 0.5%, and the cluster analysis was constructed using the UPGMA (Unweighted Pair Group Method with Arithmetic Mean) method with highest overall similarity.

2.4. Sequencing of 16S and 26S rDNA

The primers 16S-27f and 1492r (Table 1) were used for the analysis of 16S rDNA and bacteria identification, and the PCR parameters were chosen as follows: (i) 95 °C for 5 min; (ii) 35 cycles of 95 °C for 25 s, 55 °C for 40 s, and 72 °C for 2 min; and (iii) 72 °C for 5 min.
The primers NL1 and NL4 (Table 1) were used for the analysis of 26S rDNA of the yeast, and the following protocol was used for the PCR: (i) 95 °C for 5 min; (ii) 35 cycles of 95 °C for 25 s, 52 °C for 1 min, and 72 °C for 1 min; and (iii) 72 °C for 10 min.
PCR was carried out using a thermal cycler (MasterCycler, Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany). PCR was performed with 25 μL of RedTaq Master Mix 2x (Genaxxon), 16 μL of PCR-clean water, 2 μL of each primer (Biomers) and 5 μL of template DNA, for a total reaction volume of 50 μL. The PCR products were purified using the QIAquick PCR purification kit (Qiagen, Hilden, Germany), according to the manufacturer’s instructions. The DNA concentration was measured spectrophotometrically at 230, 260, and 280 nm (Nanodrop 1000, Thermo Scientific, United States), and adjusted to 20–80 ng/μL. For sequencing, 5 μL of diluted primer (5 pmol/μL) NL4 for yeasts or 1492r, 612r, or 926r for bacteria were added to 5 μL of purified PCR product. Sequencing was carried out by GATC Biotech, Germany. The resulting 16S rDNA and 26S rDNA sequences were analyzed using the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/blast/) in the GenBank nonredundant/nucleotide collection (nr/nt).

2.5. Real-Time PCR

Species classification was verified using real-time PCR (Light Cycler 480 II, Roche, Penzberg, Germany). Primer and probe sequences for species Lactobacillus amylovorus (Lavo-f (5′-CCCCAAAGTCTGGGATACCAT-3′), Lp-r (5′-ATTCCCTACTGCTGCCTCCC-3′), i200(FAM) (5′-CCACATTGGGACTGAGACACGGCC-3′)) and L. amylolyticus (Laly-f (5′-AAGTGCTGCATGGCACTTGC-3′), Lp-r, i200(FAM)) were used according to Brandl [20]. The yeast identification was confirmed according to Hutzler [15] and Salinas [21] by the following PCR-systems: UG-LRE1, UG300, OG-COXII, Sbp, and SCTM. Real-time PCR was performed with 10 μL of 2x Master Mix (Light Cycler 480 Probe Master, Roche), 3 μL of PCR-clean water, 0.8 μL of each primer (Biomers), 0.4 μL of probe (Biomers) and 5 μL of template DNA in a total reaction volume of 20 μL. Real-time PCR parameters were adjusted to (i) 95 °C for 10 min, (ii) 40 cycles of 95 °C for 10 s, and (iii) 60 °C for 55 s.

2.6. Phenolic Off-Flavor Test

For the stock solution of ferulic/cinnamic acid, 1 g of the instant phenolic acid was diluted in 20 mL of 96% (v/v) ethanol. Then 2 mL of the stock solution was added to 1000 mL yeast and mold (YM) agar media (add distilled water to 3.0 g malt extract, 3.0 g yeast extract, 5.0 g peptone, 11.0 g glucose monohydrate, and 20.0 g agar, to 1000 mL) at 45–50 °C under sterile conditions. The investigated pure yeast strains were taken from the agar plates and spread on the YM agar plate containing the described acid. Samples were incubated for three days at 28 °C. LeoBavaricus—TUM 68® (a common phenolic off-flavor (POF)-positive wheat beer strain [22]) and Frisinga-TUM 34/70® were also taken into account as a positive (TUM 68) and a negative (TUM 34/70) control. Evaluation was performed by seven trained panelists, who judged the smell of the plates with 4-vinylguaiacol (4-VG; clove-like) or 4-vinylstyrene (4-VS; styrofoam-like) positive or negative.

3. Results

The aim of this study was to identify the species and strains of microorganisms in the biological acidification reactor that were continuously used for 20 years without re-inoculation in the Ottakringer brewery (Vienna, Austria). A total of 22 of the 50 microorganism isolates recovered from biologically acidified sweet wort samples were microscopically identified as yeasts, and 28 isolates were identified as LAB.

3.1. Identification of Bacteria

On the basis of the phylogenetic tree of the fingerprint type (GTG)5 (Figure 1), four different LAB were chosen for further analyses (SG109, SG115, SG126, and SG139). As can be seen, the strains are divided into two main clusters that had a similarity of 78%. A similarity value of >70% implies that all the strains belong to the same species [23]. Therefore, two strains of each cluster were chosen for further analyses.
The primer 1492r (see Table 1) was used for the 16S rDNA gene sequencing. The results of BLAST are shown in Table 2. The sequences obtained with the 1492r primer gave ambiguous results: bacteria with the highest consensus score corresponded to the targeted species, L. amylolyticus, but were not significantly different from the bacteria with the second highest score, the closely related species L. amylovorus. The primers 16S-27r, 612r, and 926r were then additionally used for the 16S rDNA gene sequencing. According to the obtained sequences, the bacteria were identified as L. amylolyticus. The 16S rDNA sequence obtained from strain L. amylolyticus SG117 was deposited in the Genbank database under the accession number KT 891013. All selected strains can be identified at species level.
The identification of bacteria at the species level, L. amylolyticus, was confirmed by real-time PCR, according to Brandl [20]. All of the 28 samples were determined to be L. amylolyticus.

3.2. Identification of Yeasts

On the basis of the phylogenetic trees of IGS2 314 (Figure 2), the 10 most differing yeasts were chosen for further analyses (SG1, SG14, SG16, SG22, SG82, SG85, SG93, and SG100). The primer NL4 was used for the 26S rDNA gene sequencing of the isolated yeast species. The results of BLAST are shown in Table 2, and all of the 10 yeast samples were identified as S. cerevisiae. For the BLAST analysis of the sequence 26S rDNA, the yeast with the highest consensus score corresponded to the yeast of detection and was significantly different from the yeast species with the second-highest score. All of the selected yeast strains could be identified at the species level. Moreover, differentiation was established between the top-fermenting (S. cerevisiae) and bottom-fermenting (S. pastorianus) yeast (Table 3), according to Hutzler [15] and Salinas et al. [21]. All the selected samples were confirmed to be S. cerevisiae. As wild S. cerevisiae strains are mostly able to produce phenolic off-flavors (POF), their ability to decarboxylase cinnamic acid and ferulic acid to the corresponding flavor components was analyzed [24,25]. The results can be reviewed in Table 4. They show that the strains vary in their ability to produce phenolic off-flavors. Strains SG16 and SG29 do not produce any phenolic off-flavors, in contrast to the other analyzed strains.

4. Discussion

The identification of yeast and lactic acid bacteria found in the sample of a biological acidification plant continuously run for 20 years uncovered two main species. The yeast species S. cerevisiae was detected with a variety of differing strains, as shown in Figure 2 and Table 4. Some of them were POF-positive as well as POF-negative, suggesting that a certain number of the strains might have been present for some time. All yeast strains are considered as spoilers in a biological acidification plant [5,6]; however, the presence of POF-negative S. cerevisiae strains suggests these were present for a long time, as a missing ability to produce phenolic off-flavors is a link to the domestication process [26]. A comparison of the yeast fingerprints (Figure 2, IGS2 314) with the IGS2 314 fingerprint of the culture yeast of the brewery showed low equality (data not shown), excluding the eventual case of a contamination by the applied culture brewing yeast. The acidified wort, however, did not have a phenolic off-flavor, which indicates a low contamination of the yeast strains. A contamination with cell counts higher than 1 × 104 cell/mL would show a phenolic off-flavor in the produced wort [27]. The low pH value of the wort (pH value of approximately 3.2) and the high temperatures (>45 °C) might have lowered the growth potential of the S. cerevisiae strains [9].
The presence of differing strains of the species L. amylolyticus, but no other detected bacteria species, shows a potential mutation of the original pure culture, or that the original culture was already a strain mixture (strain mixtures were often popular in biological acidification plants in the 1980s and 1990s). The phylogenetic tree of the ((GTG)5) fingerprints suggests three main clusters with very high similarity. The change from the mixed culture to a pure culture changed the taste of the product significantly. This showed that the different strains had an impact on the flavor. A re-inoculation with the old mixed culture produced the same taste as before, suggesting that the differing strains influence the flavor (as reported by the brewery).

5. Conclusions

In a biological acidification process that has run continuously for 20 years, only strains of the inoculated species Lactobacillus amylolyticus could be cultivated, and no cross-contamination by other LAB species could be analyzed. Lactobacillus amylolyticus was also the initial starter culture species. Thus, it could be confirmed that only strains of species Lactobacillus amylolyticus could be identified, and that they belonged to the same species that was initially inoculated 20 years ago. Only Lactobacillus amylolyticus strains could be identified, and no other LAB species could be cultivated. Minor contamination with yeast might not be averted, but as shown, their growth rate can be described as low, because a pH value of around 3 and temperatures at 48 °C will keep the spoilage under control. However, the small change in the culture and resulting variation in the strains, as shown in the phylogenetic tree in Figure 1, has an impact on the flavor and the “in-house taste” of the final beer. A new set up with a pure culture of one of the present L. amylolyticus strains produced a considerably different taste to the mixture of all the strains (as reported by the brewery).

Author Contributions

M.H. and J.C. designed and performed the experiments, analyzed the data and wrote the paper, M.H. designed Real-Time PCR probes and optimized PCR-sequencing and PCR fingerprinting tools. A.B. designed primer and probes for LAB and modified DNA extraction methods, T.F. took the wort acdification samples and provided historical facts, practical data and strain related data about the wort acidification process at the Ottakringer brewery, Vienna, Austria. F.J. contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools/ hardware and revised the conception. M.M. wrote the paper and performd bioinformatic analysis and revised the conception and manuscript.

Funding

The results were obtained with the support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic—Research Sensory Center in Prague, and the Research and Development Center—Sustainability and Development (LO1312).

Acknowledgments

The results were obtained with the support of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic—Research Sensory Center in Prague, and the Research and Development Center—Sustainability and Development (LO1312). We like to thank Margit Grammer, Anna Kleucker, Veronika Kaindl and Dominique Stretz who took care about the strains in the culture collection of the Research Center Weihenstephan for Brewing and Food Quality (TUM).

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1. Phylogenetic tree ((GTG)5) of the 28 lactic acid bacteria samples found in the sample of acidified wort, identified by sequencing (16S rDNA) as Lactobacillus amylolyticus.
Figure 1. Phylogenetic tree ((GTG)5) of the 28 lactic acid bacteria samples found in the sample of acidified wort, identified by sequencing (16S rDNA) as Lactobacillus amylolyticus.
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Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree (IGS2 314 region) of the 22 yeast strains detected in a sample of acidified wort from a plant run continuously for 20 years, and identified by sequencing (26S rDNA) as S. cerevisiae.
Figure 2. Phylogenetic tree (IGS2 314 region) of the 22 yeast strains detected in a sample of acidified wort from a plant run continuously for 20 years, and identified by sequencing (26S rDNA) as S. cerevisiae.
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Table 1. Primers used in this work.
Table 1. Primers used in this work.
PrimerSequence 5′ → 3′Reference
GTG5GTGGTGGTGGTGGTG[14]
IGS2-314-fpCGGGTAACCCAGTTCCTCACT
GTAGCATATATTTCTTGTGTGAGAAAGGT
[15]
IGS2-314-rp
16S-27fAGAGTTTGATCM(C/A)TGGCTCAG
TACGGY(C/T)TACCTTGTTACGACTT
[16]
1492r
612rGTAAGGTTY(C/T)TNCGCGT[17]
926rCCGTCAATTCM(C/A)TTTRAGT[18]
NL1GCATATCAATAAGCGGAGGAAAAG
GGTCCGTGTTTCAAGACGG
[19]
NL4
Table 2. Overview of the identified bacterial and yeast strains using the 16S and 26S rDNA gene sequencing, respectively.
Table 2. Overview of the identified bacterial and yeast strains using the 16S and 26S rDNA gene sequencing, respectively.
StrainSequencing PrimerAccession Number (Length in bp)NCBI IdentificationIdentities of the Target Microorganism (%)Real-Time PCR Identification
SG1NL4KJ506733.1 (609)S. cerevisiae99S. cerevisiae
SG14NL4CP006467.1 (1893211)S. cerevisiae99S. cerevisiae
SG16NL4JQ672609.1 (601)S. cerevisiae100S. cerevisiae
SG22NL4JQ277730.1 (9076)S. cerevisiae99S. cerevisiae
SG82NL4JQ672587.1 (587)S. cerevisiae99S. cerevisiae
SG85NL4JQ968592.1 (573)S. cerevisiae100S. cerevisiae
SG93NL4JX103179.1 (620)S. cerevisiae99S. cerevisiae
SG100NL4JX103179.1 (620)S. cerevisiae100S. cerevisiae
SG1091492rY17361.1 (1544)L. amylolyticus99L. amylolyticus
NR_075048.1 (1575)L. amylovorus99
SG1151492rNR_117069.1 (1443)L. amylolyticus99L. amylolyticus
NR_075048.1 (1575)L. amylovorus99
SG1261492rNR_029352.1 (1544)L. amylolyticus99L. amylolyticus
EF120375.1 (1550)L. amylovorus99
SG1391492rY17361.1 (1558)L. amylolyticus99L. amylolyticus
NR_075048.1 (1575)L. amylovorus99
Table 3. Results of the real-time PCR differentiation between top- (OG-COXII and SCTM) and bottom-fermenting (UG-LRE1; UG300 and Sbp) yeasts (+ = positive PCR reaction; − = negative PCR reaction).
Table 3. Results of the real-time PCR differentiation between top- (OG-COXII and SCTM) and bottom-fermenting (UG-LRE1; UG300 and Sbp) yeasts (+ = positive PCR reaction; − = negative PCR reaction).
Yeast StrainOG-COXIISCTMUG-LRE1UG300Sbp
S. cerevisiae SG1++
S. cerevisiae SG14++
S. cerevisiae SG16++
S. cerevisiae SG22++
S. cerevisiae SG82++
S. cerevisiae SG85++
S. cerevisiae SG93++
S. cerevisiae SG100++
Table 4. Results of the phenolic off-flavor (POF) test performed with eight of the investigated strains and two reference strains (Frisinga-TUM 34/70® POF negative and LeoBavaricus-TUM 68® POF positive).
Table 4. Results of the phenolic off-flavor (POF) test performed with eight of the investigated strains and two reference strains (Frisinga-TUM 34/70® POF negative and LeoBavaricus-TUM 68® POF positive).
FlavorPrecursor Cinnamic Acid,
Product Styrene
“Styrofoam-Like”
Precursor Ferulic Acid,
4-Vinylguaiacol
“Clove-Like”
Yeast
Frisinga-TUM 34/70®
LeoBavaricus-TUM 68®++
S. cerevisiae SG1+++
S. cerevisiae SG14+++
S. cerevisiae SG16
S. cerevisiae SG22+++
S. cerevisiae SG24+++
S. cerevisiae SG29
S. cerevisiae SG82++++
S. cerevisiae SG85++++
− = negative, + = positive, ++ = strong positive.

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