Yeast Biodiversity and Strategies for Industrial Applications
1. Yeast Biodiversity and Strategies for Industrial
Applications
David Peris, Postdoctoral Marie Curie Fellow
Biotechnology Department, SBYBI Group
17th November 2017
@djperis
18. Unconscious domestication of S. cerevisiae strains
Carbon sources
Glucose
Fructose
Glu Glu
Maltose
Glu Glu Glu
Maltotriose
Barley/Wheat
Apple
Grapes
Rice
Gallone et al 2016 Cell
Gallone et al 2018 Cur Op Biotechnol
19. Unconscious domestication of S. cerevisiae strains?
Carbon sources
Glucose
Fructose
Glu Glu
Maltose
Glu Glu Glu
Maltotriose
glycolysis
Carbon products
Ethanol
Other
compounds
fermentation Flavours
Glycerol
CO2
23. New yeasts must be domesticated
Low acidity (high pH)
Altered phenolic maturation
Altered tannin content
Higher sugar levels
High glycerol production
Increase the acidity
25. ...an opened window for yeast innovation
Low ethanol production
Low temperature profile
Improve flavours
26. Based on the Biological Species Concept
S. paradoxus
S. mikatae
S. arboricola
S. kudriavzevii
S. uvarum
S. cerevisiae
S. eubayanus
S. jureii
27. How do we define a species? Life cycle
MAT MATa MAT/MATa
Haploid (n) Haploid (n) Diploid (2n)
2 Sexual types (MAT locus)
28. In rich conditions, yeast divides by mitosis
MAT MATa MAT/MATa
Haploid (n) Haploid (n) Diploid (2n)
Clonal divisions (mitosis)
29. Sexual competent cells can mate
MAT MATa MAT/MATa
Haploid (n) Haploid (n) Diploid (2n)
MAT MATa
X
MAT/MATa
schmoo
MATa
MATMATa MAT
30. Sporulation is promoted under starvation or stressful conditions
MAT/MATa
Diploid (2n)
aa
Tetrad
Spore
Sporulation
31. A diploid gets sexual competent by sporulating
MAT MAT/MATa
Haploid (n) Diploid (2n)
MAT MATa
X
MAT/MATa
aa
32. Rare mating mechanisms allows diploid to mate
MAT MAT/MATa
Haploid (n) Diploid (2n)
MAT MATa/MATa
X
MAT/MATa/MATa
Homing endonuclease
(HO)
MATa
MAT
HO
MATa
MATa
1)
33. Rare mating mechanisms allows diploid to mate
MAT MAT/MATa
Haploid (n) Diploid (2n)
MAT MATa/MATa
X
Homing endonuclease
(HO)
MATa
MAT
HO
MATa
MATa
1)
MAT inactivation
MATa
MAT
2)
MAT/MATa/MATa
34. Rare mating mechanisms allows diploids to mate
MAT MAT/MATa
Haploid (n) Diploid (2n)
MAT MATa/MATa
X
Homing endonuclease
(HO)
MATa
MAT
HO
MATa
MATa
1)
MAT inactivation
MATa
MAT
2)
Loss of 1 copy of Chr III
MATa3)
MAT/MATa/MATa
35. Interspecific crosses are possible (no prezygotic barrier)
MAT
Haploid (n) – Species A
MAT
X
MAT/MATa
MATa
Haploid (n) – Species B
MATa
aa
36. MAT
Haploid (n) – Species A
MAT
X
MAT/MATa
MATa
Haploid (n) – Species B
MATa
aa
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x: No growth
4/128 = 3.1%
If spore viability below 5% suggests different species (postzygotic barrier)
38. Huge diversity
America C
0.05
n = 980 strains
S. cerevisiae
S. paradoxus
S. mikatae
S. kudriavzevii
S. arboricola
S. uvarum
S. eubayanus
EU & America A
Far East
America B
Holarctic &
Patagonia B
39. The closest species are different as human and macaques
America C
0.05
n = 980 strains
S. cerevisiae
S. paradoxus
S. mikatae
S. kudriavzevii
S. arboricola
S. uvarum
S. eubayanus
EU & America A
Far East
America B
Holarctic &
Patagonia B
Dujon 2006 TIG
40. Saccharomyces yeasts are different as human and chicken
America C
0.05
n = 980 strains
S. cerevisiae
S. paradoxus
S. mikatae
S. kudriavzevii
S. arboricola
S. uvarum
S. eubayanus
EU & America A
Far East
America B
Holarctic &
Patagonia B
Dujon 2006 TIG
41. Closely related S. kudriavzevii strains
Peris et al 2016 Food Microbiology
VRB
CECT1939
IFO1815
CA111
CR89
CR90
CR85
CR91
ZP591
IFO1802
CBS7001
0.05
100/1
100/1
100/0.99
100/1
100/1
93/1
S. uvarum
S. kudriavzevii
S. mikatae
S. paradoxus
S. cerevisiae
42. Closely related strains show different fermentative profiles
Peris et al 2016 Food Microbiology
PC2(26.4%)
PC1 (43.0%)
CR90
CR91
CA111
CR89
CR85
IFO 1802
VRB
Ethyl acetate
VRB
CECT1939
IFO1815
CA111
CR89
CR90
CR85
CR91
ZP591
IFO1802
CBS7001
0.05
100/1
100/1
100/0.99
100/1
100/1
93/1
S. uvarum
S. kudriavzevii
S. mikatae
S. paradoxus
S. cerevisiae
43. We can try to isolate the best performers under industrial conditions
n = 141 strains x 28 conditions x 3 replicates
Total = 11844 Growth curves
44. Ideal growth curve
n = 141 strains x 28 conditions x 3 replicates
Total = 11844 Growth curves
45. Diversity in the consumption rate and growth curves
n = 141 strains x 28 conditions x 3 replicates
Total = 11844 Growth curves
No growth: 0
Late or low growth: 1
Small growth: 2
Double curve: 4
First curve: 3
Early and high growth: 7
Late and high growth: 5
Middle and high growth: 6
Flocculation: 8
Growth Capacity & Growth
Curve Type
46. Diversity in the consumption rate and growth curves
n = 141 strains x 28 conditions x 3 replicates
Total = 11844 Growth curves
No growth: 0
Late or low growth: 1
Small growth: 2
Double curve: 4
First curve: 3
Early and high growth: 7
Late and high growth: 5
Middle and high growth: 6
Flocculation: 8
Growth Capacity & Growth
Curve Type
47. Diversity in the consumption rate and growth curves
n = 141 strains x 28 conditions x 3 replicates
Total = 11844 Growth curves
No growth: 0
Late or low growth: 1
Small growth: 2
Double curve: 4
First curve: 3
Early and high growth: 7
Late and high growth: 5
Middle and high growth: 6
Flocculation: 8
Growth Capacity & Growth
Curve Type
48. Diversity in the consumption rate and growth curves
n = 141 strains x 28 conditions x 3 replicates
Total = 11844 Growth curves
No growth: 0
Late or low growth: 1
Small growth: 2
Double curve: 4
First curve: 3
Early and high growth: 7
Late and high growth: 5
Middle and high growth: 6
Flocculation: 8
Growth Capacity & Growth
Curve Type
49. Diversity in the consumption rate and growth curves
n = 141 strains x 28 conditions x 3 replicates
Total = 11844 Growth curves
No growth: 0
Late or low growth: 1
Small growth: 2
Double curve: 4
First curve: 3
Early and high growth: 7
Late and high growth: 5
Middle and high growth: 6
Flocculation: 8
Growth Capacity & Growth
Curve Type
50. Diversity in the consumption rate and growth curves
n = 141 strains x 28 conditions x 3 replicates
Total = 11844 Growth curves
No growth: 0
Late or low growth: 1
Small growth: 2
Double curve: 4
First curve: 3
Early and high growth: 7
Late and high growth: 5
Middle and high growth: 6
Flocculation: 8
Growth Capacity & Growth
Curve Type
51. Diversity in the consumption rate and growth curves
n = 141 strains x 28 conditions x 3 replicates
Total = 11844 Growth curves
No growth: 0
Late or low growth: 1
Small growth: 2
Double curve: 4
First curve: 3
Early and high growth: 7
Late and high growth: 5
Middle and high growth: 6
Flocculation: 8
Growth Capacity & Growth
Curve Type
52. Diversity in the consumption rate and growth curves
n = 141 strains x 28 conditions x 3 replicates
Total = 11844 Growth curves
No growth: 0
Late or low growth: 1
Small growth: 2
Double curve: 4
First curve: 3
Early and high growth: 7
Late and high growth: 5
Middle and high growth: 6
Flocculation: 8
Growth Capacity & Growth
Curve Type
53. Nucleotide diversity is translated in different phenotypic traits
ConditionsStrains
Growth Capacity & Growth
Curve Type
55. Non-cerevisiae strains do not tolerate industrial conditions
ConditionsStrains
Growth Capacity & Growth
Curve Type
Maltose
Maltose
Glycerol
Glycerol
10⁰C
10⁰C
10⁰C
Maltotriose
Maltotriose
Maltotriose
56. Alternatives to non-tolerant species: Hybridization
S. paradoxus
S. mikatae
S. arboricola
S. kudriavzevii
S. uvarum
S. cerevisiae
S. eubayanus
S. jureii
S. cer x S. kud
Triple Hybrids
S. cer x S. kud x S. uva
57. Scer x Skud hybrids are diverse and might be generated multiple times
Peris et al 2012 Yeast
Peris et al 2012 BMC Genomics
Peris et al 2012 PloS One
Peris et al 2017 Yeast
58. Alternatives to non-tolerant species: Hybridization
S. pastorianus
S. bayanus
95%
Saaz (Group 1)
Frohberg (Group 2)
S. paradoxus
S. mikatae
S. arboricola
S. kudriavzevii
S. uvarum
S. cerevisiae
S. eubayanus
S. jureii
59. Wild S. eubayanus strain was found in Patagonia in 2011
Libkind et al 2011
60. Now, we have multitude of S. eubayanus strains around the world
Peris et al 2014 Mol Ecol
Peris et al 2016 PloS Genetics
A. saccharumF. grandifoliaNothofagus trees
Pinus taedaCedrus spp.
Quercus rubra
Araucaria araucana
Wild
Hybrid
61. Is the Tibetan S. eubayanus strain the close relative?
Saaz
Frohberg
Peris et al 2016 PloS Genetics
62. Can we see different ancestries in genomic regions?
Peris et al 2016 PloS Genetics
63. Peris et al 2016 PloS Genetics
None of the wild S. eubayanus is the close relative of parental donor
79. Biodiversity is also translated in different aromatic interspecies profile
Saccharomyces uvarum
Saccharomyces eubayanus
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces kudriavzevii
81. 81Peris et al 2017 Yeast
Classical rare-mating and protoplast fusion are tedious
82. HyPr promotes gene conversion in the MAT locus
NATMX HYGMX
NATMX HYGMX
HO
expression
MAT/MATa
MATa/MATa
MAT/MATa
MAT/MAT
Homing endonuclease
(HO)
MATa
MAT
HO
MATa
MATa
1)
Alexander, Peris et al 2016 Fungal Gen & Biol
83. Convert the rare-mating to frequent-mating with HyPr
X
NATMX HYGMX
NATMX HYGMX
NATMX HYGMX
HO
expression
MATa/MATa/MAT/MAT
MAT/MATa
MATa/MATa
MAT/MATa
MAT/MAT
Alexander, Peris et al 2016 Fungal Gen & Biol
84. Marker-free hybrids and fully exploiting all the
genomic diversity of parental genomes
X
NATMX HYGMX
NATMX HYGMX
NATMX HYGMX
HO
expression
Remove selection
pressure
Alexander, Peris et al 2016 Fungal Gen & Biol
MATa/MATa/MAT/MAT
MAT/MATa
MATa/MATa
MAT/MATa
MAT/MAT
MATa/MATa/MAT/MAT
85. S. cer rhoScer S. kud rhoSkud
Cybrids (2n)
MATa/MATa MAT/MAT
HyPr (Hybrid Production) technology to generate cybrids
86. HyPr (Hybrid Production) technology to generate cybrids & hybrids
S. cer rhoScer S. kud rhoSkud
x
Hybrids (4n)
Scer x Skud ρSkud
Scer x Skud ρScer
MATa/MATa MAT/MAT
S. cer rhoScer S. kud rhoSkud
MATa/MATa MAT/MAT
Cybrids (2n)
87. Combined the best yeasts to generate new wine products
Synthetic
Must
HPLC
GC
Mass Loss
88. Summary
There is a huge diversity in yeasts in general, and Saccharomyces in particular
waiting to be discovered and exploited
89. Summary
There is a huge diversity in yeasts in general, and Saccharomyces in particular
waiting to be discovered and exploited
Hybridization has occurred multiple times indicating an important domestication
mechanism for industrial processes
90. Summary
There is a huge diversity in yeasts in general, and Saccharomyces in particular
waiting to be discovered and exploited
Hybridization has occurred multiple times indicating an important domestication
mechanism for industrial processes
Hybridization is a short-term solution to combine different strains with interesting
industrial traits
91. Summary
There is a huge diversity in yeasts in general, and Saccharomyces in particular
waiting to be discovered and exploited
Hybridization has occurred multiple times indicating an important domestication
mechanism for industrial processes
Hybridization is a short-term solution to combine different strains with interesting
industrial traits
Hybridization can offer a solution to generate new strains to solve the industrial
challenges derived from climatic change and consumer demands.
92. Amparo Querol
Laura Pérez
David Lázaro
Querol Lab Members
Eladio Barrio
Barrio Lab Members
Carmela Belloch
José Guillamón
Guillamón Lab Members
Sergi Puig
Sergi Lab Members
Diego Libkind
Juan Eizaguirre
Jose Paulo Sampaio
Paula Gonçalves
Christian Landry
Jean-Baptiste Leducq
Guillaume Charron
Justin Fay
Katie Hyma
Li Xueying
Fengyan Bai
Qi Ming Wang
Chris T. Hittinger’s lab
Quinn Langdon
Emily Baker
Ryan Moryarty
Kayla Sylvester
Christina Kuang
Hittinger Lab Members
William G Alexander
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