The invention relates a method for identifying a structure of a
yeast colony of a Daqu
starter or a fermented grain of distilled spirit by using denaturing gradient
electrophoresis, which belongs to the field of microbial ecological techniques. The method comprises the following steps: extracting a
genome DNA of the Daqu
starter or fermented grain sample of the distilled spirit by using a bead milling method; by designing a general DGGE primer of yeasts in a common
wine-making microbe, performing PCR amplification on a specific specificity
DNA segment in a
yeast ribosome; separating corresponding
DNA segments of different varieties by DGGE
electrophoresis; gel-
cutting and recovering straps corresponding to preponderant microbes; performing the PRC application again, connecting a T carrierand selecting a positive clone; and after re-comparison by the DGGE
electrophoresis, checking orders and identifying microbe information corresponding to gel-
cutting straps. The method adopts a
molecular technique without depending on cultivation, and has the characteristics of simplicity, convenience, quick speed, sensitivity and the like; besides, the method provides a detection method for identifying the structure of the
yeast colony of the Daqu stater or the fermented grain of the distilled spirit, and further provides a
reference frame for developing
wine-
brewing microbes oriented to distilled spirit flavors with different
odor types.