Abstract
The use of commercially available materials in a minimal medium contributes to the simplicity, reliability, and reproducibility of a method described to demonstrate carbohydrate fermentation reactions by yeasts. The medium consists of 1% yeast extract and 2% test carbohydrate in distilled water, dispensed in a modified Durham fermentation tube. Carbohydrate fermentation patterns can usually be obtained within a period of 7 days. The ability of yeasts to ferment carbohydrates is determined strictly on the basis of gas production from the substrate. The method proved reliable in reproducing established fermentation patterns for 112 different yeast strains representing 13 separate genera.
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Der Gebrauch von handelsüblichen Grundbestandteilen in einem geringen Medium trägt zu der Einfachheit, Zuverlässigkeit und Reproduzierbarkeit der beschriebenen Methode, um die Gärungsreaktionen der Karbohydrate durch Hefen zu veranschaulichen, bei. Das Medium besteht aus einem 1 prozent. Hefenauszug und aus einem 2 prozentigen Testkarbohydrat in destilliertem Wasser, die auf modifiziertes Durham Gärungsreagensglas verteilt sind. Das Karbohydrat-Gärungsmodell kann gewöhnlich innerhalb einer Periode von sieben Tagen erhalten werden. Die Fähigkeit von Hefen, Karbohydrate zu vergären, ist ausschließlich auf Grund der Gasentwicklung aus den Produkten bestimmt. Die Methode erwies sich zuverlässig in der Erzeugung festgestellter Gärungsmodelle aus 112 Hefen, die 13 verschiedene Gattungen darstellten.
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Cazin, J. A simplified routine method for determining carbohydrate fermentation by yeasts. Mycopathologia et Mycologia Applicata 37, 313–319 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02129877
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