2023_24
Educational guide 
Faculty of Oenology
A A 
english 
Fermented Beverages (2014)
 Subjects
  BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MICROBIOLOGICAL MONITORING OF WINE
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
1. Bioptechnological aspects in modern oenlogy
Technological and biotechnological remediations
2. Tèchniques for the creation of wine strains
Natural selection
Hybrids
Directed evolution
Transgenic
3. Genetic modification of microbial metabolic pathways Physiological methods
Genetic recombination
4. Introduction to the analysis and control of microbial populations in winemaking
5. Molecular techniques applied to the analysis of microorganisms of oenological interest Molecular identification techniques at species level. Culture-dependent and culture-independent methods.
Molecular techniques of strain typing.
6. Study of the population dynamics of alcoholic and malolactic fermentations
Inoculated vs. spontaneous fermentations in alcoholic and malolactic fermentation.
Monitoring of the inoculum during fermentation.
7. Reduction of ethanol in wine
Reduction of total sugar.
Reduction of ethanol produced.
Metabolic engineering of yeasts.
8. Starter inoculums Active dry yeast development.
Development of mixed inocula.
Effect of single and mixed inoculums in wine.
Methods and efficiency of yeast immobilization.