An alcoholic liquor distilled from fermented sugar-cane residues or molasses.
In rum production, the alcoholic fermentation is performed through the action of yeasts, traditionally comprising Saccharomyces strains and, depending on the type of rum (‘rhum agricole’; ‘rhum industriel’; light- flavour rum and heavy-flavour rum), mostly Schizosaccharomyces strains but also Saccharomyces and others. Bacteria that are found mainly in raw materials (e.g. Brevibacterium
and Corinebacterium in cane juice, Propionbacteria and Lactobacillii in molasses as well as dilution waters) produces ethanol along with yeasts.
In rum production, the alcoholic fermentation is performed through the action of yeasts, traditionally comprising Saccharomyces strains and, depending on the type of rum (‘rhum agricole’; ‘rhum industriel’; light- flavour rum and heavy-flavour rum), mostly Schizosaccharomyces strains but also Saccharomyces and others. Bacteria that are found mainly in raw materials (e.g. Brevibacterium
and Corinebacterium in cane juice, Propionbacteria and Lactobacillii in molasses as well as dilution waters) produces ethanol along with yeasts.
Yeast strains in the raw material, must and stillage of rum samples
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces chevalieri
Saccharomyces rouxii
Saccharomyces aceti
Saccharomyces microellipsodes
Saccharomyces delbruckii
Saccharomyces carlsbergensis
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Pichia membranaefaciens
Hansenula anomala
Hansenula minuta
Candida krusei
Candida pseudotropicalis
Candida tropicalis
Torulopsis candida
Torulopsis globusa
Torulopsis glabrata
Torulopsis stellata
Bacterial strains
Micrococcus luteus
Bacillus cereus
Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus megaterium
Bacillus sphaericus
Brevibacterium
Corinebacterium
Erysipe lothrix
Kurthia
Listeria
Microbacterium
Propionbacterium
Lactobacillus
Leuconostoc
Clostridium
Minor bacterial strains:
Enterobacteria
Streptococcus
Pseudom
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces chevalieri
Saccharomyces rouxii
Saccharomyces aceti
Saccharomyces microellipsodes
Saccharomyces delbruckii
Saccharomyces carlsbergensis
Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Pichia membranaefaciens
Hansenula anomala
Hansenula minuta
Candida krusei
Candida pseudotropicalis
Candida tropicalis
Torulopsis candida
Torulopsis globusa
Torulopsis glabrata
Torulopsis stellata
Bacterial strains
Micrococcus luteus
Bacillus cereus
Bacillus subtilis
Bacillus megaterium
Bacillus sphaericus
Brevibacterium
Corinebacterium
Erysipe lothrix
Kurthia
Listeria
Microbacterium
Propionbacterium
Lactobacillus
Leuconostoc
Clostridium
Minor bacterial strains:
Enterobacteria
Streptococcus
Pseudom
