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Glycerol, in particular intracellular glycerol, has been assigned as a cryoprotectant, also important for cold\/near-freeze stress adaptation. The <jats:italic>S. cerevisiae<\/jats:italic> glycerol active transporter Stl1p plays an important role on the fast accumulation of glycerol. This gene is expressed under gluconeogenic conditions, under osmotic shock and stress, as well as under high temperatures.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>We found that cells grown on <jats:italic>STL1<\/jats:italic> induction medium (YPGE) and subjected to cold\/near-freeze stress, displayed an extremely high expression of this gene, also visible at glycerol\/H<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> symporter activity level. Under the same conditions, the strains harbouring this transporter accumulated more than 400 mM glycerol, whereas the glycerol\/H<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> symporter mutant presented less than 1 mM. Consistently, the strains able to accumulate glycerol survive 25-50% more than the <jats:italic>stl1\u0394<\/jats:italic> mutant.<\/jats:p>\n          <\/jats:sec>\n          <jats:sec>\n            <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n            <jats:p>In this work, we report the contribution of the glycerol\/H<jats:sup>+<\/jats:sup> symporter Stl1p for the accumulation and maintenance of glycerol intracellular levels, and consequently cell survival at cold\/near-freeze and freeze temperatures. These findings have a high biotechnological impact, as they show that any <jats:italic>S. cerevisiae<\/jats:italic> strain already in use can become more resistant to cold\/freeze-thaw stress just by simply adding glycerol to the broth. The combination of low temperatures with extracellular glycerol will induce the transporter Stl1p. 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