Viability and Diversity of the Microbial Cultures Available in Retail Kombucha Beverages in the USA

EN O'Sullivan, DJ O'Sullivan - Foods, 2024 - mdpi.com
Kombucha is a two-stage fermented sweetened tea beverage that uses yeast and lactic acid
bacteria (LAB) to convert sugars into ethanol and lactate and acetic acid bacteria (AAB) to …

Whole-genome sequencing and phenotyping reveal specific adaptations of Lachancea thermotolerans to the winemaking environment

J Vicente, A Friedrich, J Schacherer, KC Freel… - bioRxiv, 2024 - biorxiv.org
Adaptation to the environment plays an essential role in yeast evolution as a consequence
of selective pressures. Lachancea thermotolerans, a yeast related to the fermentative …