Fingerprinting of yeasts at the strain level by differential sensitivity responses to a panel of selected killer toxins

Syst Appl Microbiol. 2003 Sep;26(3):466-70. doi: 10.1078/072320203322497509.

Abstract

We used differential sensitivities to a panel of twenty-five cell-free crude killer toxins to fingerprint forty-four Saccharomyces cerevisiae strains of different origin and all taxonomically certified by nDNA-nDNA reassociation. Cluster analysis of numerical data obtained by different growth inhibition areas observed in Petri dishes allowed the complete and reproducible discrimination of all S. cerevisiae strains.

MeSH terms

  • Antibiosis
  • Cluster Analysis
  • Microbial Sensitivity Tests
  • Mycological Typing Techniques / methods*
  • Mycotoxins / toxicity*
  • Phylogeny
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / classification*
  • Saccharomyces cerevisiae / growth & development*

Substances

  • Mycotoxins