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Table 1. Application of gene sequencing technology to the identification of species
of food and beverage yeasts
Region Application References
18S Phylogenetic relationships;
Zygosaccharomyces and
Torulaspora species James et al. (1994)
Brettanomyces, Dekkera, Cai et al. (1996)
Debaryomyces, Kluyveromyces
species
Candida, Pichia, Citeromyces species Suzuki and Nakase (1999)
Saccharomyces genus; new species James et al. (1997)
S. kunashirensis, S. martiniae
Saccharomyces sensu lato group; Mikata et al. (2001)
new species S. naganishii,
S. humaticus, S. yukushimaensis
18S, ITS Phylogenetic relationships of Naumov et al. (2000)
Saccharomyces sensu stricto
complex; new species
S. cariocanus, S. kudriavzevii,
S. mikatae
18S; 834- Identification of yeast from Cappa and Cocconcelli (2001)
1415 dairy products
D1/D2 Systematics of ascomycetous yeasts Kurtzman and Robnett (1998)
of 26S Systematics of basdidiomycetous Fell et al. (2000)
yeasts
D1/D2 of Systematics of basdidiomycetous Scorzetti et al. (2002)
26S, ITS yeasts
D1/D2 of Candida davenportii sp. nov. from Stratford et al. (2002)
26S a wasp in a soft-drink production
facility
D1/D2 of Tetrapisispora fleetii sp. nov. from Kurtzman et al. (2004)
26S, ITS a food processing plant
D1/D2 Identification of yeast species;
of 26S in Sicilian sourdough Pulvirenti et al. (2001)
in orange juice Arias et al. (2002)
in spontaneous wine fermentation van Keulen et al. (2003)
from bark of cork oak Villa-Carvajal et al. (2004)
from Malbec grape berries Combina et al. (2005)
from fermentation of West Jespersen et al. (2005)
African cocoa beans
contaminant in carbonated orange Pina et al. (2005)
juice production chain
ITS Phylogenetic relationships of Belloch et al. (2002)
Kluyveromyces marxianus group
ITS Phylogenetic relationships of James et al. (1996)
Zygosaccharomyces and
Torulaspora species