During cellular respiration, radicals, such as superoxide, are produced, and in a large
concentration, they may cause cell damage. To combat this threat, the cell employs the …

Highlights•Disruption of cellular macromolecules by alcohols limits biofuel fermentations.•
Lignocellulose hydrolysis also generates chaotropic inhibitors (vanillin, phenolics …

Acquired stress resistance is the result of mild stress causing the acquisition of resistance to
severe stress of the same or a different type. The mechanism of “same-stress” resistance …

The stress imposed by ethanol to Saccharomyces cerevisiae cells are one of the most
challenging limiting factors in industrial fuel ethanol production. Consequently, the toxicity …

Beer is a biotechnologically produced beverage that results from the anaerobic fermentation
of the sugars contained in cereals such as barley or wheat. Such fermentation is mainly …

The growing demand for renewable energy sources such as bioethanol is facing a lack of
efficient ethanologenic microbes. This study aimed to isolate and screen ethanologenic …

The effects of glucose, sucrose and maltose supplementations on the fermentation
performance and stress tolerance of lager yeast (Saccharomyces pastorianus) during high …

Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been intensively studied in responses to different
environmental stresses such as heat shock through global omic analysis. However, the S …

Historically, brewing beer came from uncontrolled spontaneous fermentations; nowadays,
spontaneous fermentation is still used in speciality products such as Belgian acid beers (eg …

During alcoholic fermentation, Saccharomyces cerevisiae is subjected to several stresses,
among which ethanol is of capital importance. Melatonin, a bioactive molecule synthesized …