The sequence of an improtant wine yeast was determined. In many countries all over the world this yeast is responsible for spoilage of large quantities of wine and thus causes large economy losses to the wine producers. Our sequence represents an improtant tool to combat the negative aspects of this yeast during wine fermentation. For example, it can help to develop new approaches how to avoid that wine fermentation is taken over by D. bruxellensis and that off-flavours are produced.
Orchards and vineyards are interesting eco-systems with many important partners. We focused on the relationship between fruits, insects and microbes. We showed that there are many mutualistic relationships. For example, an important apple pest codling moth, needs yeast to survive in the apple and complete its development from larvae to adult. A detailed understanding of these relationships will help to develop new ways to combat important fruit-tree pests.
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