Pall GeneDisc for the detection and identification of beverage spoilage yeasts

The Pall GeneDisc product range has been expanded with a flexible solution designed so that beverage industries can detect and identify spoilage yeast in a timely fashion.

There are two testing options — a yeast screening test and a yeast identification test — for the 12 major beverage spoilage yeast species and genera, including Saccharomyces cerevisiae var. diastaticus and Brettanomyces bruxellensis.

For yeast slurry testing and colony identification, results are available in only 2 h. To determine the presence of down to one microorganism in the sample, the test results can be available in as little as 30 h.

Spoilage risk is greatly reduced as users obtain results faster and earlier in their process. As an example, with only 2 h from sample to result, breweries can prevent pitching contaminated yeast. In addition, beverage producers including breweries, wineries and wine bottlers can now consider next-day batch release controls.

The easy-to-use solution can be implemented at beverage producers from small to large across different industries. It complements the existing GeneDisc solutions for the detection of beer and TAB spoilage organisms.