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December 20, 2021
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An Integrative View of the Role of Lachancea thermotolerans in Wine Technology

Publicated to: Foods. 10 (11): 2878- - 2021-11-01 10(11), DOI: 10.3390/foods10112878

Authors:

Vicente, J; Navascues, E; Calderon, F; Santos, A; Marquina, D; Benito, S
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Pago Carraovejas, Camino Carraovejas,S-N, Valladolid 47300, Spain - Author
Polytechn Univ Madrid, Dept Chem & Food Technol, Ciudad Univ,S-N, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
Univ Complutense Madrid, Unit Microbiol, Fac Biol, Genet Physiol & Microbiol Dept, Ciudad Univ S-N, Madrid 28040, Spain - Author
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Abstract

The interest in Lachancea thermotolerans, a yeast species with unusual characteristics, has notably increased in all ecological, evolutionary, and industrial aspects. One of the key characteristics of L. thermotolerans is the production of high quantities of lactic acid compared to other yeast species. Its evolution has mainly been driven by the influence of the environment and domestication, allowing several metabolic traits to arise. The molecular regulation of the fermentative process in L. thermotolerans shows interesting routes that play a complementary or protective role against fermentative stresses. One route that is activated under this condition is involved in the production of lactic acid, presenting a complete system for its production, showing the involvement of several enzymes and transporters. In winemaking, the use of L. thermotolerans is nowadays mostly focused in early-medium-maturity grape varieties, in which over-ripening can produce wines lacking acidity and with high concentrations of ethanol. Recent studies have reported new positive influences on quality apart from lactic acid acidification, such as improvements in color, glutathione production, aroma, malic acid, polysaccharides, or specific enzymatic activities that constitute interesting new criteria for selecting better strains. This positive influence on winemaking has increased the availability of commercial strains during recent years, allowing comparisons among some of those products. Initially, the management of L. thermotolerans was thought to be combined with Saccaharomyces cerevisiae to properly end alcoholic fermentation, but new studies are innovating and reporting combinations with other key enological microorganisms such as Schizosaccharomyces pombe, Oenocous oeni, Lactiplantibacillus plantarum, or other non-Saccharomyces.
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Keywords

AcidityCerevisiaeCo-fermentationCulturesEvolutionKluyveromyces-thermotoleransLachancea thermotoleransLactate dehydrogenase enzymesLactic acidMalolactic fermentationMetabolism regulationNon-saccharomyces yeastsQualityRed winesSchizosaccharomycesSequential inoculationTranscriptomicVolatileWine

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Bibliometric impact. Analysis of the contribution and dissemination channel

The work has been published in the journal Foods due to its progression and the good impact it has achieved in recent years, according to the agency WoS (JCR), it has become a reference in its field. In the year of publication of the work, 2021, it was in position 35/144, thus managing to position itself as a Q1 (Primer Cuartil), in the category Food Science & Technology.

From a relative perspective, and based on the normalized impact indicator calculated from World Citations provided by WoS (ESI, Clarivate), it yields a value for the citation normalization relative to the expected citation rate of: 2.95. This indicates that, compared to works in the same discipline and in the same year of publication, it ranks as a work cited above average. (source consulted: ESI Nov 13, 2025)

This information is reinforced by other indicators of the same type, which, although dynamic over time and dependent on the set of average global citations at the time of their calculation, consistently position the work at some point among the top 50% most cited in its field:

  • Weighted Average of Normalized Impact by the Scopus agency: 3.18 (source consulted: FECYT Mar 2025)

Specifically, and according to different indexing agencies, this work has accumulated citations as of 2026-04-25, the following number of citations:

  • WoS: 54
  • Scopus: 56
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Impact and social visibility

From the perspective of influence or social adoption, and based on metrics associated with mentions and interactions provided by agencies specializing in calculating the so-called "Alternative or Social Metrics," we can highlight as of 2026-04-25:

  • The use, from an academic perspective evidenced by the Altmetric agency indicator referring to aggregations made by the personal bibliographic manager Mendeley, gives us a total of: 90.
  • The use of this contribution in bookmarks, code forks, additions to favorite lists for recurrent reading, as well as general views, indicates that someone is using the publication as a basis for their current work. This may be a notable indicator of future more formal and academic citations. This claim is supported by the result of the "Capture" indicator, which yields a total of: 90 (PlumX).

With a more dissemination-oriented intent and targeting more general audiences, we can observe other more global scores such as:

  • The Total Score from Altmetric: 1.
  • The number of mentions on the social network X (formerly Twitter): 1 (Altmetric).

It is essential to present evidence supporting full alignment with institutional principles and guidelines on Open Science and the Conservation and Dissemination of Intellectual Heritage. A clear example of this is:

  • The work has been submitted to a journal whose editorial policy allows open Open Access publication.
  • Assignment of a Handle/URN as an identifier within the deposit in the Institutional Repository: https://oa.upm.es/94028/

As a result of the publication of the work in the institutional repository, statistical usage data has been obtained that reflects its impact. In terms of dissemination, we can state that, as of

  • Views: 26
  • Downloads: 4
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Leadership analysis of institutional authors

There is a significant leadership presence as some of the institution’s authors appear as the first or last signer, detailed as follows: Last Author (BENITO SAEZ, SANTIAGO).

the author responsible for correspondence tasks has been BENITO SAEZ, SANTIAGO.

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Awards linked to the item

Funding was provided by the Spanish Center for the Development of Industrial Technology under the framework of Project IDI-20210391 and by the Ministry of Science and Innovation under the framework of Project PID2020-119008RB-I00. Javier Vicente developed this work under a contract (PEJ-2019-AI/BIO-12459) from the Complutense University of Madrid under the framework of the Youth Improvement Initiative (Education and Research Counseling from the Community of Madrid and European Social Fund).
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