Yeast or Bacteria? Which Is Better?

This week we're going to be playing a good old game of this or that. yeast has been a faithful companion of humans since before we knew that yeast existed. Another popular option isn't yeast. It's a ecoli, a bacteria, which, like yeast, is easy to grow and easy to engineer. But which one is better? Sometimes the bacteria is better, sometimes the yeast.

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