Studies on Osmophilic Yeasts

Part VI. Glycerol Production by the Salt-tolerant Yeasts in the Medium with High Concentrations of Sodium Chloride

Abstract

Saccharomyces rouxii which is a typical salt-tolerant yeast and plays an important role in soybrewing, was found to ferment glucose giving high yields of glycerol in a high saline meduim under aerobic conditions, though only a small amount of glycerol was produced in the ordinary medium. An amount as much as 40_??_50% of glucose fermented was converted to glycerol under the above conditions.