
Episode 113 | Applying The Science: GMO Yeasts
The Brü Lab
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The Role of Terpenes in Yeast Production
Berkeley yeast is using a totally different plant they're adding like I think it was basil if I remember correctly but basil or oregano has terpenes in it and they added that into yeast. They're adding like a plant gene into a yeast soRemember there's three kingdoms right there's fungus animals and plants and then all the you know some of the protozoa and other things. It's not even talking about like mammals mixing together you're taking like a plant and putting it into a fungus you know totally mixing the kingdoms and so but that's what they did with Berkeley yeast because they can see very specifically that yeast has this ability to make this exact terpen that a plant
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