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Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2005, p. 6823-6830, Vol. 71, No. 11
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.11.6823-6830.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.

Rapid Identification and Enumeration of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Cells in Wine by Real-Time PCR

P. Martorell, A. Querol, and M. T. Fernández-Espinar*

Departamento de Biotecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (CSIC), 46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain

Received 17 February 2005/ Accepted 20 July 2005

Despite the beneficial role of Saccharomyces cerevisiae in the food industry for food and beverage production, it is able to cause spoilage in wines. We have developed a real-time PCR method to directly detect and quantify this yeast species in wine samples to provide winemakers with a rapid and sensitive method to detect and prevent wine spoilage. Specific primers were designed for S. cerevisiae using the sequence information obtained from a cloned random amplified polymorphic DNA band that differentiated S. cerevisiae from its sibling species Saccharomyces bayanus, Saccharomyces pastorianus, and Saccharomyces paradoxus. The specificity of the primers was demonstrated for typical wine spoilage yeast species. The method was useful for estimating the level of S. cerevisiae directly in sweet wines and red wines without preenrichment when yeast is present in concentrations as low as 3.8 and 5 CFU per ml. This detection limit is in the same order as that obtained from glucose-peptone-yeast growth medium (GPY). Moreover, it was possible to quantify S. cerevisiae in artificially contaminated samples accurately. Limits for accurate quantification in wine were established, from 3.8 x 105 to 3.8 CFU/ml in sweet wine and from 5 x 106 to 50 CFU/ml in red wine.

* Corresponding author. Mailing address: Departamento de Biotecnología de los Alimentos, Instituto de Agroquímica y Tecnología de Alimentos (CSIC), P.O. Box 73, E-46100 Burjassot, Valencia, Spain. Phone: 34 963 900 022. Fax: 34 963 636 301. E-mail: tfer{at}iata.csic.es.

Applied and Environmental Microbiology, November 2005, p. 6823-6830, Vol. 71, No. 11
0099-2240/05/$08.00+0     doi:10.1128/AEM.71.11.6823-6830.2005
Copyright © 2005, American Society for Microbiology. All Rights Reserved.



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