Research Article

Characterization and Dynamic Behavior of Wild Yeast during Spontaneous Wine Fermentation in Steel Tanks and Amphorae

Table 4

Yeasts isolated from the winery environment during the 2008 and 2009 harvest seasons.

Yeast speciesAir vineyard Air cellar Tank surface Grape surface*
20082009200820092008200920082009

Aureobasidium pullulans + Gu Gu
Bulleromyces albus + +
Candida zemplinina +
Cryptococcus magnus + Gu
Filobasidium floriforme Ch Ch, Pa, Gu
Hanseniaspora uvarum + +
Metschnikowia pulcherrima + +
Pichia angusta
Pichia anomala + + Co
Pichia kluyveri + +
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa + + + Pn Pa, Gu
Sporidiobolus pararoseus + +
Williopsis saturnus Pa
Zygosaccharomyces florentinus + + + Ch Co

*Varieties of grapes and musts: Pinot Noir (Pn); Cornalin (Co); Chardonnay (Ch); Petite Arvine (Pa); Gutedel (Gu).