Yeast strain identification using microsatellite PCR

Applications

Closely-related production yeast strains present a greater challenge to identify and differentiate the strains, requiring a more “sensitive” testing method. Microsatellite PCR offers such accuracy & sensitivity, even allowing for the detection of yeast strain mutations.

Technology

Microsatellite PCR is an extremely sensitive and versatile PCR-based technique for strain identification which involves analysis of “microsatellite” DNA regions, known to be highly variable between different yeast strains. This technique provides information on the size and number of microsatellites and is recommended to differentiate strains which are known to be closely related, or derived from the same mother strain.