Additional Individual Microbial Assays
qPCR
This is a list of the individual microbial assays that we are able to run on our qPCR called the "Q".
For Beer, Cider, Champagne, Juice and Wine:
All general Saccharomyces strains
STA + genes for highly diastatic yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus)
Non- Saccharomyces strains (wild yeast) (Brettanomyces, Pichia, Candida, Ambrosiozyma, Kregeryanrija, Issatchenkia)
HorABC for Lactobacillus and Pediococcus (pH tolerant Lactobacillus and Pediococcus)
Brettanomyces bruxellensis
Brettanomyces anomala (Brett claussenii)
Brettanomyces naardenensis
Brettanomyces custersiana
General Lactobacillus/Pediococcus
Lactobacillus acetotolerans
Lactobacillus fructivorans
Lactobacillus rhamnosus
Lactobacillus delbruekii
Lactobacillus brevis
Brewers yeast, wild yeasts, and bacteria
Megasphaera/Pectinatus
Lachancea Thermotolerans
Pediococcus damnosus
Candida tropicalis
Wickerhamomyces anomalus (Pichia anomala)
Saccharomyces bayanus, Saccharomyces pastorianus, Saccharomyces uvarum
Pediococcus damnosus
Candida tropicalis
Wickerhamomyces anomalus (Pichia anomala)
For Juice and Kombucha:
Zygosaccharomyces rouxii
Zygosaccharomyces kombuchaensis
General Acetic Acid Producing Bacteria
Saccharomycodes ludwigii
Komagataeibacter hansenii
General Komagataeibacter
For detection of Gluconacetobacter (Komagataeibacter type strains capable of converting alcohol into various acids)
Pseudomonas aeruginosa (food pathogen capable of metabolizing caffeine present in tea)
General Bacillus
Responsible for pH tolerance and antibiotic resistance in bacterial strains
Responsible for pH tolerance in bacterial strains
Responsible for pH tolerance in bacterial strains
For identification of the specific strain of Bacillus coagulans