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Vittorio Capozzi1, Victor Ladero, Luciano Beneduce
1Dipartimento di Scienze degli Alimenti, Università di Foggia, via Napoli 25, 71100 Foggia, Italy.
Abstract:
Enterococcus faecium strains were isolated from red wines undergoing malolactic fermentation and identified by comparison of their 16S rDNA gene sequences with those included in the GenEMBL Databases. The tyrosine decarboxylase gene was identified in all the strains analysed by PCR using gene-specific primers and the ability to produce tyramine in a synthetic media was analysed by RP-HPLC. Survival of an E. faecium strain was also evaluated in microvinification assays using two different musts with different ethanol concentrations (10% and 12% (v/v)). Tyramine production was monitored during the vinification trials. Our results suggest that E. faecium strains isolated from wine are able to produce tyramine and tolerate wine conditions following a pre-acidic stress.
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