Structural and ultrastructural changes in yeast cells during autolysis in a model wine system and in sparkling wines
2001
Martínez-Rodríguez, Adolfo J. | Polo, María Carmen | Carrascosa, Alfonso V. | Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnología, CICYT (España)
This study shows the changes that occur during the autolysis of yeast in a model wine medium and in a sparkling wine after 12 months of aging, using Nomarsky Light Microscopy and Low Temperature Scanning Electron Microscopy (LTSEM). The size of the yeasts after 24 h of autolysis in a model medium is much smaller than when they are in the growth stage. With LTSEM. a large number of folds can be observed on the surface of the yeast and practically empty cells. Greater morphological changes, both structural and ultrastructural, can be observed in the yeast after 12 months of aging in wine than in the yeast after 24 h of induced autolysis. However, less of the cytoplasmic content of the yeast that has undergone autolysis in the wine was solubilized than that of the yeast after 24 h of autolysis in the model wine system. These findings indicate that autolysis of yeast in wine is a long-lasting process, which continues for at least 12 months.
Show more [+] Less [-]This study was supported by the Spanish Comisión Interministerial de Ciencia y Tecnologı́a (Project ALI97-0396-C02-02).
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