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| [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1400297539998456/?match=d2hpdGUgbGFicw%3D%3D Commentary on the new Verstrepen/White Labs published study on the family tree of yeasts.] || Lars Marius Garshol || 09/08/2016
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| [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1366829093345301/ Post 1] and [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1380004022027808/ Post 2] on a yeast called ''Lachancea thermotolerans'' that can produce significant lactic acid without modification. See also [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1746164415411765/ this thread] on a lab's application to patent pitching this yeast into wort. A [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1808645679163638/ follow up post on 09/01/2017] discusses Sheppard and Madden opening a business that claims patent on this yeast, and restricts competing breweries from using it. See also [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1933990046629200/ Brewing Science Certificate - University of the Sciences in Philadelphia] seeking a patent on another lactic acid yeast, and a discussion on a [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/3557228167638705/ new patent from this university] for a product that is being sold through Lallemand. [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/3657687334259454/ Update: first rejection for Lachancea LLC attmpt to patent using lactic acid yeast in beer fermentation.]|| Richard Preiss, Devin Henry, Tom Savage , Nick Impelliterri || 08/04/2016, 08/18/2016, 12/28/2017, 07/08/2020
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| [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1363048380390039/ The ''L. acetotolerans'' that contaminated Goose Island's Bourbon County brand beers, including notes from Brett Porter's MBAA presentation on the issue and microbiological information.] || Richard Sigesmund || 08/04/2016