Transcriptomic analysis of sulfur dioxide stress-resistant Saccharomyces cerevisiae strain obtained by evolutionary engineering

In this study, we have developed a highly SO2-stress-resistant yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) strain [F3] using evolutionary engineering, by successive batch selection at gradually increased SO2 levels. The evolved F3 strain was resistant to 1.0 mM SO2 stress, which was strongly inhibitory to the reference strain. Whole-transcriptomic analysis of F3 was performed with respect to its reference strain to determine differences in gene expression levels between the two strains. Saccharomyces cerevisiae