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Are clinical isolates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae food-and drink-related?

April 26, 2017cerevisiae clinical isolates saccharomyces

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Are clinical isolates of Saccharomyces cerevisiae food-and drink-related?

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The yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae has been used for thousands of years inthe fermentation of food and drink. Inthe last 10-20 years, there has been anupturn in the incidence of infectionslinked to this yeast. Staff in the National Collection of Yeast Cultures,housed at IFR, have led the firstcombined genetic and metabolomicanalysis of a group of medicallyimportantand non-medical Saccharomyces strains.