
Episode 062 | Impact Of Nitrogen On Yeast Propagation w/ Dr. Maria Moutsoglou
The Brü Lab
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How Much Nitrogen Do You, Do You Need to Facilitate Growth?
In addition to carbon, yeast also need nitrogen for growth. Nitrogen is a building block of enzymes, proteins, and amino acids. To replicate its genome, it needs nitrogen to have enzymes that reduce the cost of doing biological processes. Respiration requires a lot more nitrogen than fermentation does. So maybe nitrogen plays this big outsized role now.
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