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Breeding research on sake yeasts in Japan: history, recent technological advances, and future perspectives.
Annual review of food science and technology - 1 Jan 2013
Kitagaki Hiroshi, Kitamoto Katsuhiko
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Sake is an alcoholic beverage of Japan, with a tradition lasting more than 1,300 years; it is produced from rice and water by fermenting with the koji mold Aspergillus oryzae and sake yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Breeding research on sake yeasts was originally developed in Japan by incorporating microbiological and genetic research methodologies adopted in other scientific areas. Since the advent of a genetic...
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