Saccharomyces uvarum

Saccharomyces uvarum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Fungi
Division:Ascomycota
Class:Saccharomycetes
Order:Saccharomycetales
Family:Saccharomycetaceae
Genus:Saccharomyces
Species: S. uvarum
Binomial name
Saccharomyces uvarum
Nguyen & Gaillardin ex. Beijerinck
Synonyms

Saccaromyces bayanus var uvarum

Saccharomyces uvarum is a species of yeast that is believed to originate as a hybrid of S. cerevisiae and S. monacensis, because of its allopolyploid genome. It is a bottom-fermenting yeast, so-called because it does not form the foam on top of the wort that top-fermenting yeast does.

Further research was done by Martinus Willem Beijerinck in 1898, it was synonymized with S. bayanus but revived by Nguyen & Gaillardin in 2005.[1]

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