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update to WLP diastaticus strains
WY3711 saison yeast, which originated from Brasserie Thiriez, has been determined to be ''S. cerevisiae'' var. ''diastaticus'' <ref name="preiss_diastaticus" />. Since yeast cannot be patented, many yeast labs are thought to offer this strain to customers. In the [[Saccharomyces#Commercial_Farmhouse.2FBelgian_Strains_of_Saccharomyces|commercial culture]] lists below where we believe a lab is selling this strain or another strain of ''diastaticus'' yeast, we note that it is determined or suspected to be ''diastaticus''.
White Labs now reports that the strains [https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp590wlp045-scotch-whisky-yeast WLP045], [https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp073-frenchartisanal-saisoncountry-ale-yeast WLP590WLP073], [https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp099-super-high-gravity-ale-yeast WLP099], [https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp045wlp545-belgian-strong-ale-yeast WLP545], [https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp566-belgian-saison-scotchii-whiskyale-yeast WLP045WLP566], [https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp570-belgian-golden-ale-yeast WLP570], and [https://whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp590-french-saison-ale-yeast WLP590], [https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp644-saccharomyces-bruxellensis-trois WLP644], [https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp740-merlot-red-wine-yeast WLP740], and [https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp885-zurich-lager-yeast WLP885] are ''diastaticus''. Some hints as to which other White Labs products might also be ''diastaticus'' have been deduced from the [[Saccharomyces#History_of_Domestication|Gallone et al. study]] which published DNA sequencing on most of the yeast strains in the White Labs bank. However, the codes used in the Gallone paper for each strain of yeast were not defined as far as which White Labs products they correspond to. Some of the codes have been speculated on which White Labs strains they might refer to (see [[Saccharomyces#History_of_Domestication|History of Domestication]] above). The strains from the Gallone paper that appear to contain STA1 are Beer002, Wine019, Beer092 and Beer059. The Beer059 code might correspond to WLP026 according to this speculative [https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1400297539998456/?comment_id=1908170505877821&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R0%22%7D table], which has had reports of high attenuation. It is not clear at this time whether this strain is ''diastaticus'' or not <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1400297539998456/?comment_id=1909596632401875&reply_comment_id=1910328215662050&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D MTF thread on STA1 gene and White Labs strains that might have it or not. Milk The Funk Facebook group. 12/07/2017.]</ref>. There has been a report by Richard Preiss of [[Escarpment Laboratories]] that WLP570 (confirmed by White Labs) and [https://www.whitelabs.com/yeast-bank/wlp585-belgian-saison-iii-ale-yeast WLP585] both have the STA1 gene, but it takes weeks before they hyper-attenuate <ref>[https://www.facebook.com/groups/MilkTheFunk/permalink/1888017211226484/?comment_id=1911782002183338&reply_comment_id=1982274298467441&comment_tracking=%7B%22tn%22%3A%22R9%22%7D Richard Preiss. Milk The Funk Facebook group post on WLP570 and WLP585 being diastaticus. 02/08/2018.]</ref>. Other yeast labs such as [http://www.lallemand.com/ Lallemand], [https://inlandislandyeast.com/yeast-library/inis-491-saison-french/ Inland Island], [https://www.escarpmentlabs.com/strains Escarpment Labs], and [https://www.theyeastbay.com The Yeast Bay] also list which strains they offer are ''diastaticus''.
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