title: Rapid characterization of wild and collection strains of the genus Zygosaccharomyces according to mitochondrial DNA patterns.
abstract: Several wild and collection strains of the genus Zygosaccharomyces were characterized using a rapid and simple method of restriction analysis of mitochondrial DNA. Patterns obtained with three endonucleases (HaeIII, HinfI and RsaI) made it possible to differentiate each species and to identify the wild strains, isolated from the same spoiled concentrated must, as belonging to the species Z. rouxii. The HinfI restriction enzyme produced a strain-specific pattern which allowed us to recognize that the seven wild isolates belonged to only three strains.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Bioquímica y Biotecnología, Escuela de Enología, Universidad Rovira i Virgili, Tarragona, Spain. jmgn@astor.urv.es
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Guillamón
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Sánchez
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Huerta
mesh_terms: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D005516:Food Microbiology; D012150:Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length; D004718:Saccharomycetales / Q000145:classification / Q000235:genetics*; D013045:Species Specificity
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial