Palm‐wine yeasts from parts of Nigeria
Nduka Okafor
Journal of the Science of Food and Agriculture
Abstract
Abstract Seventeen yeasts were isolated from samples of palm wine fermented from the sap of Elaeis sp. (9) and from the sap of Raphia sp. (8) in widely different localities in Nigeria. Twelve of the yeasts belonged to the genus Saccharomyces , four were Candida sp. and one was an Endomycopsis sp. The distribution of the yeasts did not appear to depend on the sap which was fermented or on locality. The implication of the findings with respect to palm‐wine fermentation studies is emphasised.
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palm wine contains yeasts
“Seventeen yeasts were isolated from samples of palm wine fermented from the sap of Elaeis sp. (9) and from the sap of Raphia sp. (8) in widely different localities in Nigeria. Twelve of the yeasts bel...”
palm wine does not depend on sap type or locality
“The distribution of the yeasts did not appear to depend on the sap which was fermented or on locality.”