Title: | Yeast Fermentation at Low Temperatures: Adaptation to Changing Environmental Conditions and Formation of Volatile Compounds |
Author(s): | Liszkowska W; Berlowska J; |
Address: | "Department of Environmental Biotechnology, Lodz University of Technology, Wolczanska 171/173, 90-924 Lodz, Poland" |
DOI: | 10.3390/molecules26041035 |
ISSN/ISBN: | 1420-3049 (Electronic) 1420-3049 (Linking) |
Abstract: | "Yeast plays a key role in the production of fermented foods and beverages, such as bread, wine, and other alcoholic beverages. They are able to produce and release from the fermentation environment large numbers of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). This is the reason for the great interest in the possibility of adapting these microorganisms to fermentation at reduced temperatures. By doing this, it would be possible to obtain better sensory profiles of the final products. It can reduce the addition of artificial flavors and enhancements to food products and influence other important factors of fermented food production. Here, we reviewed the genetic and physiological mechanisms by which yeasts adapt to low temperatures. Next, we discussed the importance of VOCs for the food industry, their biosynthesis, and the most common volatiles in fermented foods and described the beneficial impact of decreased temperature as a factor that contributes to improving the composition of the sensory profiles of fermented foods" |
Keywords: | "*Adaptation, Physiological/genetics *Cold Temperature *Environment *Fermentation/genetics Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics/*metabolism Volatile Organic Compounds/*metabolism food production low-temperature fermentation volatile organic compounds yeast;" |
Notes: | "MedlineLiszkowska, Wiktoria Berlowska, Joanna eng Review Switzerland 2021/03/07 Molecules. 2021 Feb 16; 26(4):1035. doi: 10.3390/molecules26041035" |