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Lager brewing yeast

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Lager brewing yeast is a group of closely related strains of Saccharomyces pastorianus/S. carlsbergensis used for lager beer production all over the world, making it one of the most important industrial yeasts. The pure cultivation of yeast was established in the early 1880’s with immediate practical success for lager brewing yeast. However, almost a century would elapse before its genetics could be approached in detail, despite the development of the genetics of Saccharomyces cerevisiae, starting in the 1930’s. During the last few decades, the complex nature of the genome of lager brewing yeast was elucidated, showing that it is a hybrid between Saccharomyces cerevisiae and another Saccharomyces species.

Here we review current knowledge on genetics and genomics of lager brewing yeast and introduce the most updated information about its whole genome sequence. These studies throw further light on the complex chromosomal structure of this yeast. They may also open the door for the elucidation of how inter-species hybrids maintain their chromosomes.

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  1. Suntory Research Center 1-1-1, Wakayamadai, Shimamoto-cho, Mishima-gun, Osaka 618-8503, Japan

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  2. Carlsberg Laboratory, Gamle Carlsberg Vej 10, DK-2500 Copenhagen Valby, Denmark

    Morten C. Kielland-Brandt

  3. Poalis A/S, Bülowsvej 25, DK-1870 Frederiksberg C, Denmark

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Kodama, Y., Kielland-Brandt, M.C., Hansen, J. Lager brewing yeast. In: Sunnerhagen, P., Piskur, J. (eds) Comparative Genomics. Topics in Current Genetics, vol 15. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/b106370

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