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Non-conventional yeasts in antifungal application

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Functional Genetics of Industrial Yeasts

Part of the book series: Topics in Current Genetics ((TCG,volume 2))

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The antimicrobial, and hence antifungal effects of yeast-produced ethanol has been recognised for centuries. Application of yeasts for biocontrol of fungi in agriculture, postharvest technology, forest industry, and food science presents a new area of biotechnology. Biocontrol environments are complex; consequently, there is an enormous diversity among the organisms involved in biocontrol and of inhibition mechanisms. Current genetic approaches focus mainly on the use of molecular methods for the identification and phylogenetic analysis of biocontrol organisms. Growing information is available about the genetic systems of a few biocontrol yeasts, including sexuality, chromosome number, ploidy level, extrachromosomal elements, and genetics of killer characters. Few genes have been cloned, to date mainly rDNA genes. Methods for genetic manipulation have been described for biocontrol yeasts like Aureobasidium pullulans, Pseudozyma flocculosa, Rhodosporidium toruloides, Candida oleophila, Pichia anomala, and Pichia guilliermondii. First examples of the application of genetically engineered strains in biocontrol trials have recently become available.

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