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Domestication and Divergence of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Beer Yeasts

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Gallone, Brigida, Steensels, Jan, Prahl, Troels, Soriaga, Leah, Saels, Veerle, Herrera-Malaver, Beatriz, Merlevede, Adriaan, Roncoroni, Miguel +11 more·2016·Cell

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Whereas domestication of livestock, pets, and crops is well documented, it is still unclear to what extent microbes associated with the production of food have also undergone human selection and where the plethora of industrial strains originates from. Here, we present the genomes and phenomes of 157 industrial Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeasts. Our analyses reveal that today's industrial yeasts can be divided into five sublineages that are genetically and phenotypically separated from wild strains and originate from only a few ancestors through complex patterns of domestication and local divergence. Large-scale phenotyping and genome analysis further show strong industry-specific selection for stress tolerance, sugar utilization, and flavor production, while the sexual cycle and other phenotypes related to survival in nature show decay, particularly in beer yeasts. Together, these results shed light on the origins, evolutionary history, and phenotypic diversity of industrial yeasts and provide a resource for further selection of superior strains. PAPERCLIP.

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  • S. cerevisiae was detected at an overall prevalence of 18% (mean rel. ab. = 9.9% when present) in 8 food categories, reflecting its widespread use as industrial yeast.

    “Specifically, S. cerevisiae was detected at an overall prevalence of 18% (mean rel. ab. = 9.9% when present) in 8 food categories, reflecting its widespread use as industrial yeast. 116”

    From Unexplored microbial diversity from 2,500 food metagenomes and links with the human microbiome. (2024) · cites this paper as [116]

    The Results section, “Niche and Geography Drive Diversification” (page unavailable), documents S. cerevisiae strains used in beer, wine, spirits, saké, and bread production, supporting its use as an industrial yeast. It does not report detection across eight food categories, 18% prevalence, or 9.9% mean relative abundance when present; the paper studies yeast strains rather than food-category prevalence. (LLM, conf=0.88)

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  • The S. cerevisiae phylogeny comprised 424 strains and showed stratification by food type and geography in accordance with literature.

    “Our phylogeny (Figure 7C) comprised 424 strains and showed a stratification by food type and geography in accordance with literature. 21,116,120”

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Gallone, B., Steensels, J., Prahl, T., Soriaga, L., Saels, V., Herrera-Malaver, B., Merlevede, A., Roncoroni, M., Voordeckers, K., Miraglia, L., Teiling, C., Steffy, B., Taylor, M., Schwartz, A., Richardson, T., White, C., Baele, G., Maere, S., & Verstrepen, K. J.
Affiliations
  • Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (BE)
  • Synthetic Genomics (United States) (US)
  • Illumina (United States) (US)
  • KU Leuven (BE)
  • VIB-KU Leuven Center for Microbiology (BE)
Corresponding author
  • Maere, Steven
  • Verstrepen, Kevin J.
Venue
Cell
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
2016-09
Volume
166
Issue
6
Pages
1397-1410.e16
ISSN
0092-8674 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2508506323
Cited by
679
References
76
Citations by year
2026: 55 · 2025: 58 · 2024: 67 · 2023: 72 · 2022: 82 · 2021: 74 · 2020: 79 · 2019: 70 · 2018: 53 · 2017: 61 · 2016: 8
FWCI
33.25
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Cell (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Ghent University Academic Bibliography (Ghent University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
  • Lirias (submittedVersion, other-oa)
Funders
  • Fonds Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek
  • KU Leuven (CoG682009)
  • Universiteit Gent
Topics
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Fungal and yeast genetics research
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Molecular Biology › Yeasts and Rust Fungi Studies
  • Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Fermentation and Sensory Analysis
Keywords
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, beer yeast, industrial yeast strains, microbial domestication, human selection, stress tolerance, sugar utilization, flavor formation, reproductive cycle, phenotypic diversity, yeast genomics, phenotyping
MeSH terms
Beer, Genes, Fungal, Industrial Microbiology, Phenotype, Phylogeny, Ploidies, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Selection, Genetic, Genetic Variation, Genome, Fungal, Microbial Viability, DNA Copy Number Variations

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