Yeast Is a Fungus

Scientists have engineered yeast and ecoli to produce the proteins found in snake venom. Which organism would you be more likely to do that from? Serry: I think i am two yeasts, it's everywhere. They're both cheap. Samgo: I'm going to guess whatever sary's guessing. And so now it is time for your final ah this or that...

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These little, bubbly guys help us make such perennial favorites as 'bread' and 'beer.' If you're saying to yourself "what is yeast, Alex," I got good news for you: you're right! Come learn about the microscopic fungus amung us on this week's Tangents!

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[Trivia Question]

Yeast mitotic arrest

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255140/

[Fact Off]

Stinking hellebore flower and yeast relationship

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871880/

https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527473-900-stinky-flower-is-kept-warm-by-yeast-partner/#ixzz7HEPFjzKB

Fruit fly and yeast relationship

https://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(14)00777-3

https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196440

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4556146/

https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0300962983906011

https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(12)00075-9

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/fruit-flies-use-alcohol-to-self-medicate-but-feel-bad-about-it-afterwards/

[Ask the Science Couch]

History of yeast

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/yeasts

http://www.faculty.umb.edu/gary_zabel/Courses/Spinoza/Texts/WAW%20Moll%20Antonie%20van%20Leeuwenhoek.htm

https://books.google.com/books?id=gy_SAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228

https://books.google.com/books?id=XILwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72

http://e-malt.com/statistics/ScientificDigest/Beginnings_of_microbiology_and_biochemistry_yeast_research.pdf

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