Artemyeva OA, Logvinova TI, Nikanova DA.
Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025. Vol. 108. No. 1. Р. 128-144.
doi:10.33284/2658-3135-108-1-128
Review article
The yeast Kluyveromyces and its biological potential
Olga A Artemyeva1, Tatyana I Logvinova2, Daria A Nikanova3
1,2,3Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member LK Ernst, Dubrovitsy, Russia
1vijmikrob@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7706-4182
2vijmikrob@mail.ru, https: //orcid.org/0000-0001-7075-544X
3vijmikrob@mail.ru, https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5164-244X
Abstract. Today, it is relevant to use feed additives of microbial origin based on the simplest fungi in the nutrition of farm animals and poultry. The exclusion of feed antibiotics has provoked interest in feed yeast and the study of the effect of yeast cultures on the gastrointestinal tract, microflora and rumen function.
Kluyveromyces is a new non-traditional food and feed yeast that is isolated from various habitats, such as kefir grains, fermented dairy products, waste water from the sugar industry, and plants. A unique set of useful properties, namely rapid growth, thermotolerance and a wide range of substrates makes these yeasts especially attractive for use in various sectors of the food, pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries. Dairy yeasts are promising probiotic microorganisms that can break down lactose. In this regard, it is relevant to study the dairy yeast Kluyveromyces as a reliable source of yeast cells for the production of various enzymes, bioethanol, cellular proteins, probiotics, fructose and fructooligosaccharides, as well as vaccines with natural properties.
Keywords: yeast Kluyveromyces, feed additive, probiotic microorganisms, enzymes
Acknowledgments: the work was performed in accordance to the plan of research works for 2024 Federal Research Center for Animal Husbandry named after Academy Member LK Ernst 124020200032-4 (No. FGGN-2024-0016).
For citation: Artemyeva OA, Logvinova TI, Nikanova DA. The yeast Kluyveromyces and its biological potential (review). Animal Husbandry and Fodder Production. 2025;108(1):128-144. (In Russ.). https://doi.org/10.33284/2658-3135-108-1-128
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Information about the authors:
Olga A Artemyeva, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Leading Researcher at the Microbiology Laboratory, Federal Research Center of Animal Husbandry – VIZ named after Academician L.K. Ernst, 60 Dubrovitsy village, Podolsk City district, Moscow region, 142132, tel.: 8(4967)651133.
Tatyana I Logvinova, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Researcher at the Microbiology Laboratory, Federal Research Center of Animal Husbandry – VIZ named after Academician L.K. Ernst, 60 Dubrovitsy village, Podolsk City district, Moscow region, 142132, tel.: 8(4967)651133.
Daria A Nikanova, Cand. Sci. (Biology), Senior Researcher at the Microbiology Laboratory, Federal Research Center of Animal Husbandry – VIZ named after Academician L.K. Ernst, 60 Dubrovitsy village, Podolsk City district, Moscow region, 142132, tel.: 8(4967)651133.
The article was submitted 15.10.2024; approved after reviewing 14.01.2025; accepted for publication 17.03.2025.
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