“…Recently, an increased interest in the sources of βG has been focused on lactic acid bacteria, especially Oenococcus oeni, the main bacterial species that conducts malolactic fermentation (MLF) in winemaking, as βG activity from grape and yeasts is limited in winemaking (Maicas & Mateo, 2005;Palmeri & Spagna, 2007;Saguir et al, 2009;Michlmayr et al, 2010b). Numerous investigations have been conducted of O. oeni strains, providing evidence of the potential βG activity for flavour enhancement in wines Boido et al, 2002;Mansfield et al, 2002;Ugliano et al, 2003;Barbagallo et al, 2004b;D'Incecco et al, 2004;Grimaldi et al, 2005a;Bloem et al, 2008;Michlmayr et al, 2010a;Gagné et al, 2011). It has been reported that possession of glycosidic activities was widespread and strain-dependent in these strains commonly used for MLF in winemaking (Grimaldi et al, 2005b).…”