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Flocculation gene variability in industrial brewer's yeast strains.
Applied microbiology and biotechnology - 1 Dec 2010
Van Mulders Sebastiaan E, Ghequire Maarten, Daenen Luk, Verbelen Pieter J, Verstrepen Kevin J, Delvaux Freddy R
Abstract excerpt
The brewer's yeast genome encodes a 'Flo' flocculin family responsible for flocculation. Controlled floc formation or flocculation at the end of fermentation is of great importance in the brewing industry since it is a cost-effective and environmental-friendly technique to separate yeast cells from the final beer. FLO genes have the notable capacity to evolve and diverge many times faster than other genes. In...
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