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===About Trois===
Up until April 9, 2015, "WLP644 Brettanomyces bruxellensis Trois" was thought to be a ''Brettanomyces'' species. Following the analysis of the genetics of ''Trois'' by Lance Shaner and several other members of MTF that showed this strain to be ''S. cerevisiae'', White Labs released a statement saying that their DNA analysis also showed that Trois was a ''Saccharomcyes'' species, but they did not specify the species of ''Saccharomyces'' <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1100249870003226/ Archive of MTF discussions regarding Trois genetic analysis results.]</ref><ref>[http://www.whitelabs.com/blog/wlp644-research-results White Labs Blog article. April 9, 2015.]</ref>. Beer fermentations with the this strain (now labeled as "WLP644 - Saccharomyces brux-like Trois") are no longer considered to be 100% ''Brettanomyces'' fermentations. While this strain does produce a lot of fruity esters, it does not produce phenols, which is a signifying characteristic of ''Brettanomyces'' fermentations. ''Trois'' fermentations are therefore not representative of the flavor profile of true ''Brettanomyces'' fermentations, and this has become a common misconception because of the popularity of ''Trois'' and the misclassification. See [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1100249870003226/ this MTF thread] for links to the details about the efforts to identify WLP644 as ''S. cerevisiae'' from various independent sources.
WLP644 was sequenced in 2019 by the Hittinger Lab and found to be ''S.cerevisiae'' - <ref>[https://beer.suregork.com/?p=4112]</ref>, <ref>[https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-019-0998-8]</ref>,<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sra/SRX6781781[accn]]</ref>
When using WLP644, it is recommended to make a 1 liter starter for 36-48 hours due to the extremely small cell count of the vials <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1204614559566756/?comment_id=1204678676227011&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R%22%7D Conversation with Lance Shaner on MTF. 12/30/2015.]</ref>.