Yarabi Ignacio Concha Villagrán

Mr. Yarabi Ignacio Concha Villagrán


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Academic Career Length

2Years (2025-Present)

(Calculated once Scilit publication data is synced: current year − year of first publication + 1)

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26 June 2025 in Microorganisms
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LCLeslie Hernández Cabello
Leslie Hernández Cabello
NRNachla Rojas-Torres
Nachla Rojas-Torres
Liliana GodoyLiliana Godoy
Liliana Godoy
CGCamila G-Poblete
Camila G-Poblete
YVYarabi Ignacio Concha Villagrán
Yarabi Ignacio Concha Villagrán
MGMaria Angelica Ganga
Maria Angelica Ganga
Brettanomyces bruxellensis has been described as the main spoilage microorganism in wines due to its ability to produce volatile phenols, which negatively impact the final product’s organoleptic properties. This yeast can grow and survive in environments that are too nutritionally poor and stressful for other microorganisms, and one of the stressful conditions it can endure is the high alcohol content in wine. In this study, cell wall morphology and the expression of some genes related to its composition were characterized under increasing ethanol concentrations to establish a possible ethanol resistance mechanism. B. bruxellensis LAMAP2480 showed greater resistance to β-1,3-glucanase activity when grown in media supplemented with 5% or 10% ethanol compared with the control assay (without ethanol). Transmission electron microscopy showed no significant differences in cell wall thickness during the different adaptation stages. However, the amount of wall polysaccharides and chitin briefly increased at 1% ethanol but returned to baseline at 5% and 10%. The amount of wall-associated protein increased progressively with each increment in ethanol concentration. In addition, overexpression of the ROM2 and KNR4/SMI1 genes was observed at 10% ethanol. These results suggest that the integrity of the cell wall might play an important role in the adaptation of B. bruxellensis to an ethanol-containing medium.