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Baker’s yeast, or Saccharomyces cerevisiae, seen through a microscope in the lab of UB biologist Laura Rusche. Each round object is an individual yeast cell. The cells pictured are a laboratory strain ...

Colonies of baker’s yeast, or Saccharomyces cerevisiae, pictured under a microscope.Yeast don’t grow this way in bread dough: The images are from a 2016 study in the lab of UB biologist Paul Cullen ...

Two groups have completed extensive surveys of the protein–protein interactions of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae. Gavin et al. identify 491 distinct protein complexes that act with other ...

Study: SARS-CoV-2 Post-Infection and Sepsis by Saccharomyces cerevisiae: A Fatal Case Report—Focus on Fungal Susceptibility and Potential Virulence Attributes.Image Credit: Kateryna Kon/Shutterstock ...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae, commonly known as baker's or brewer's yeast, is one of the most studied microorganisms in the realm of fermentation technology. This species of yeast has been utilized for ...

Lignans are low molecular weight polyphenolic compounds with important antitumor and antiviral properties. However, their low ...

The difference between "lagers" and "ales" goes deeper than the name on the beer's label. Some sources will discuss their ...

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the main tool in wine, beer, and coffee production because of its enormous fermentation capacity and its high ethanol tolerance. It is also used as a “cell-factory” to ...

The common baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) was the first non-bacterial living thing to have its genome sequenced, back in 1996. However, when the sequence of that genome emerged it ...

Nutritional yeast, which people may also call baker’s yeast, comes from a common species of yeast known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. There is another form of this yeast species, which is called ...