TITLE:
Isolation and Identification of Indigenous Yeasts from “Rabilé”, a Starter Culture Used for Production of Traditional Beer “dolo”, a Condiment in Burkina Faso
AUTHORS:
Iliassou Mogmenga, Yérobessor Dadiré, Marius K. Somda, Ibrahim Keita, Lewis I. Ezeogu, Jerry Ugwuanyi, Alfred S. Traoré
KEYWORDS:
Rabilé, dolo, Yeasts, Saccharomyces cere-visiae, Burkina Faso
JOURNAL NAME:
Advances in Microbiology,
Vol.9 No.7,
July
31,
2019
ABSTRACT: Rabilé is a ferment of dolo, a traditional sorghum beer of Burkina Faso and it is harvested at the end of dolo fermentation process. It is a significant source of proteins and it is used like a condiment and food seasoning by some communities. The present study characterized and identified the yeasts isolated from Rabilé. A total of 70 samples were collected from 7 localities of Burkina Faso with dolo sellers according to the ethnic groups. The aerobic mesophilic flora count from Rabilé varied from 8.34 ± 0.72 to 10.07 ± 0.51 log10 CFU·g-1 and yeast varied from 7.24 to 8.28 log10 UFC·g-1. Based on morphological, cultural, sexual and biochemical (carbon and nitrogen assimilation) profiles, 50 yeast strains were identified and found to belong to 4 genera and 7 species. Saccharomyces cerevisiae was found as most predominant yeasts species of yeast in of Rabilé with 64 %, Rhodotorula muciloginosa, (8%), Candida pseudorhangii (6%), Candida heliconiae (12%), Candida utilis (4%), Shizosaccharomyces pombe (4%) and Sporobolomyces odoratus (2%). This activity has been carried out in the Laboratory of Biotechnology for Food and Nutritional Sciences, University Ouaga I Pr Josph KY-ZERBO, Burkina Faso, and it was done from June to October 2018.