| Abstract: | Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) was isolated from different strains of brewery yeast and digested with various restriction endonucleases. The digestion products were separated by electrophoresis in agarose gels. Of the twenty restriction endonucleases used, only two—Aval and Haelli—produced different restriction fragment patterns when applied to the mtDNA from two strains of Saccharomyces uvarum. The restriction fragment patterns produced by the other eighteen enzymes were identical. Analysis of mtDNA from a strain of Saccharomyces cerevisiae with the same twenty restriction endonucleases revealed several differences with respect to Saccharomyces uvarum. Taken together, these results indicate that restriction endonuclease fragmentation patterns of mtDNA are useful as diagnostic tools for distinguishing strains of ale and larger yeast. |
