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One haploid and one diploid strain of Saccharomyces diastaticus carrying genes responsible for glucoamylase synthesis were fused with a brewing polyploid Saccharomyces uvarum lager strain. With the spheroplast fusion technique, the ability to use dextrin and starch was introduced in the brewing yeast. Spheroplasts of the strains to be used were obtained by enzymatic digestion of the cell walls. Fusion took place in polyethylene glycol; complete cells were then regenerated in hypertonic medium containing 3% agar at 37°C. In the first fusion experiment melibiose was used as carbon source; in the second fusion experiment glycerol was employed as carbon source, for the parental Saccharomyces diastaticus diploid strain was a petite mutant. Fusion products were capable of utilizing melibiose and dextrin as carbon sources.
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de Figueroa, L.I.C., de van Broock, M.R.G. Spheroplast fusion of a brewing yeast strain with Saccharomyces diastaticus . Appl Microbiol Biotechnol 21, 206–209 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00295123
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