Isolation and Characteristics of Yeasts from Xiaogan Fengwo Rice Wine Starter

Abstract:

In this paper, 16 yeast strains were isolated from Fengwo rice starter and purified by PDA and malty solid mediums. Morphological observation and identification with the API 20C AUX system showed that, among the 16 yeast strains, 9 strains were of Saccharomyces cerevisiae and 7 strains were of Candida. The fermentability of these yeasts was also studied.