Research Article

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

Table 5

Yeasts found during spontaneous fermentation in stainless steel tanks, during the 2008 and 2009 harvest seasons.

Yeast species Grape variety
Pinot Noir Cornalin Chardonnay Petit Arvine Gutedel

Bulleromyces albus a
Candida zemplinina a a; b a a
Candida zeylanoides a
Candida Krusei or Issatchenkia orientalis a a
Cryptococcus flavus or Dekkera bruxellensis a
Filobasidium floriforme a
Hanseniaspora uvarum a; b a a
Metschnikowia pulcherrima a; b; c a; b; c a; b; c a a
Pichia anomala a a a
Pichia burtonii a
Pichia holstii a
Pichia kluyveri a a; c a a
Pichia membranifaciens a; b; c a
Rhodotorula mucilaginosa c a a a
Saccharomyces bayanus a; b; c a, b; c a; b; c a, b; c a, b; c
Saccharomyces cerevisiae a; b; c a a; b; c a; c a
Sporidiobolus pararoseus b a
Torulaspora delbrueckii a a a a a
Zygosaccharomyces florentinus a a

a: detected at the beginning of the fermentation; b: detected during log phase; c: detected during stationary phase.