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Yeast/Mold Flashcards

1
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The main species of yeast implicated in food science:

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S. cerevisae

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2
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Where is S. cerevisiae normally found in nature?

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surface of fruits (high sugar)

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3
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cell morphology of S. cerevisiae:

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budding yeast
large size (5-10 microns)
round shape

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4
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What is the main metabolic process of yeast?

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convert carbs into ethanol and byproducts

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5
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The metabolism of yeast is described by: ____ equation. Is it accurate?

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Gay-Lussac equation: 180g sugar -> 92g ethanol, 82g CO2

real yield usually about 90-95%

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What are the two types of proliferating yeast cells?

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haploid or diploid

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7
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What happens to yeast when nutrients are depleted?

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cells enter stationary phase; cease growing

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8
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How do stationary yeast cells differ from proliferating ones? (3)

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  • appear round and bright
  • higher levels of storage carbs (trehalose and glycogen)
  • increased resistance to env. stresses
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9
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describe the sexual and asexual life cycles of yeast:

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asexual: budding (haploid or diploid)
sexual: diploid produce ascus (4 haploid) -> haploids mate -> new diploid

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10
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The 2 types of haploid yeast cells:

How do they differ?

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alpha; a
produce pheromone (alpha or a type)
contain receptor for OPPOSITE type
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11
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What causes a haploid yeast to stop proliferating? (2)

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  1. nutrient depletion (die or become stationary)

2. surface receptor stimulated -> mating process

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12
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What happens once a surface receptor on a haploid is stimulated?

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stop proliferating in G1 phase -> start growing towards each other -> cell contact -> fusion -> forms diploid

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13
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The shape 2 haploids form during the mating process is known as a ____

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schmoo

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14
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____ cells that are starved of ____ will begin the first step of sexual reproduction, ____.

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diploid
NITROGEN
sporulation

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15
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True/False: stationary yeast are the most resistant form of yeast

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false; ASCUS produced during sporulation is even more resistant to stresses

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16
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When does an ascus germinate?

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When nutrients are present again

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17
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What is the “chitin ring” in yeast cell division?

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form between mother and daughter cell at beginning of budding

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18
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How are cell materials transferred from mother to daughter cell? Why is this significant?

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vesicles

limiting factor for rate of growth (growth of cell wall can only occur with necessary materials)

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19
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the 4 stages of yeast asexual proliferation:

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G1, S, G2, M

20
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What is the resulting polarity of cells in haploid division? What about diploid division?

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haploid: faces each other
diploid: faces away, or in same direction

21
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True/False: in the stationary phase of yeast cells, metabolic activity stops.

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False: stationary cells use ethanol formed previously -> TCA cycle, glyoxalate cycle

22
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Growing yeast cells ferment sugar into ____ via ____.

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ethanol; glycolysis

23
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Yeast is extremely notable for its ____ metabolism systems

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carbohydrate

24
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___ and ___ can easily diffuse across the yeast cell membrane. Other substances require ______

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ethanol, glycerol

special transport systems

25
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How are disaccharides processed by yeast?

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secrete INVERTASE or GALACTOSIDASE -> monosaccharide -> taken up by specific transport system

26
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What disaccharide is taken up by yeast? What occurs?

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actively transported across membrane
broken down by MALTASE
2 glucose -> glycolysis

27
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What disaccharide may be taken up by yeast or hydrolyzed first?

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sucrose
broken down by periplasmic or cytoplasmic INVERTASE
fructose + glucose -> taken up by hexose transporter
-> glycolysis

28
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The yeast cell is surrounded by 3 outer layers:

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plasma membrane
periplasmic space
cell wall

29
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The cell wall confers ___ to the yeast. What compound is responsible?

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mechanical strength

chitin

30
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What is the composition of the yeast cell wall?

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50% glucans
40% mannoproteins
10% chitin

31
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What microbes are necessary to degrade starch? How does it accomplish this?

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Mold: Aspergillus oryzae

secrete various amylases

32
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What products utilize mold for fermentation?

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soy sauce, meso (soybeans)

sake (rice)

33
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A oryzae is a ___ fungi.

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filamentous

34
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Describe the process of reproduction in A oryzae:

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produce CONIDIUM (spore) at tip of specialized hypha
conidium swells -> germ tube
forms HYPHAE, partitioned by septa

35
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What happens if one cell on the hyphae is damaged?

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sensed by other hyphae through communication PORES

pores are “plugged” by WORONIN BODIES (cut off communication, nutrient exchange)

36
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what is the organelle in A oryzae involved in degrading starch? where is it located, and what is its role?

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spitzenkorper
tip of hyphae
accumulate/secrete vesicles with secretory enzymes

37
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What makes A oryzae so efficient at degrading starch? (2)

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  1. . large variety of amylases/debranching enzymes

2. re-uses enzymes (uptake into vesicles after release)

38
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What is the specialized hypha for sporulation?

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Conidiophore

39
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What is the process of sporulation?

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nutrients passed up from hyphae to forming conidia
germinate: conidia swell
vacuoles “push” cytoplasm into forming germ tube

40
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What are other molds used in food production?

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Geotrichum candidum: moist cheese, prevent unwanted mold (diff flavors available)
Penicillium candidum (fuzzy white rind on cheese, diff flavors available)
Penicillium roqueforti: blue cheese (diff colors available)

41
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How might AAB, LAB, molds, and yeasts coexist symbiotically within an environment?

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AAB and LAB poor at biosynthesis - feed off of substrates made by mold and yeast

42
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Why would AAB, LAB, mold, and yeast grow in different areas of a fermented product?

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mold and AAB on surface - AEROBIC

yeast and LAB internal - ANAEROBIC

43
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what are some examples of symbiotic fermented products?

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sake
kombucha
fukuyama pot vinegar
kefir

44
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How is sake produced and with what microbes?

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Koji (mold) -> break down rice to sugars
LAB -> ferment sugar, kill wild yeast
brewing yeast -> second ferment -> produce sake

45
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Describe the process of fukuyama pot vinegar:

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similar process to sake; pot left exposed to air
eventually levels of ethanol rise, mold taken over by AAB -> convert ethanol to acetic acid -> becomes vinegar, no longer alcoholic

46
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what microbes are found in kefir grains?

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LAB, yeast, AAB, sometimes mold, possibly Bifidobacter
(L. kefiranofaciens, Lb spp, Lactococcus, Streptococcus, Leuconostoc
S. cerevisiae)

47
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What microbe is mainly responsible for forming the kefir grain? What microbe improves the quality of the kefir grain?

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L. kefiranofaciens (forms EPS: KEFIRAN)

yeast will improve kefiran quality

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