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Wild about the evolution of domesticated yeast

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created Feb 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- It lives all around us and is probably one of the earliest domesticated organisms. Humans have been using it for tens of thousands of years. There is evidence that the Ancient Egyptians used it for baking ...





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On the origin of subspecies

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created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Scientists have sequenced over seventy strains of yeast, the greatest number of genomes for any species.


Taking the stress off yeast produces better wine

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Turning grape juice into wine is a stressful business for yeasts. Dr Agustin Aranda from the University of Valencia, Spain has identified the genes in yeast that enable it to respond to stress and is investigating ways to ...


Jungle yeast

Jungle yeast

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 21, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new species of yeast has been discovered deep in the Amazon jungle. In a paper published on-line in FEMS Yeast Research, IFR scientists and colleagues from Pontificia Universidad Católica del Ecuado ...


Commercial yeasts upgraded with an enzyme for biofuel production

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Eckhard Boles, co-founder of the Swiss biofuel company Butalco GmbH and a professor at Goethe-University in Frankfurt, Germany, has discovered a new enzyme which teaches yeast cells to ferment xylose into ethanol. Xylose ...


Domestication of Capsicum annuum chile pepper provides insights into crop origin and evolution

Domestication of Capsicum annuum chile pepper provides insights into crop origin and evolution

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Without the process of domestication, humans would still be hunters and gatherers, and modern civilization would look very different. Fortunately, for all of us who do not relish the thought of spending our ...


New technique allows scientists to penetrate yeast cells' hard exterior

New technique allows scientists to penetrate yeast cells' hard exterior

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- If you want to know how a cell responds to a particular chemical, the experiment is simple: Inject it with that chemical. Micropipettes — tiny needles that can puncture a cell and deliver ...


Yeast in a shell: Coating individual living yeast cells with silicon dioxide

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Nov 03, 2009 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Our breakfast egg is a peculiarity of nature: a single cell protected by a thin mineral layer. Apart from a number of tiny radiolaria and diatoms, individual cells normally do not have a hard shell. Korean ...


Mounting a multi-layered attack on fungal infections

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unravelling a microbe's multilayer defence mechanisms could lead to effective new treatments for potentially lethal fungal infections in cancer patients and others whose natural immunity is weakened.


Hives ferment a yeasty brew, attract beetle pest

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created May 16, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The honeybee's alarm signal may not only bring help, but also attract the small hive beetle. Now, an international team of researchers has found that small hive beetles can detect some alarm pheromones at levels below that ...


Researchers Clone and Engineer Bacterial Genomes in Yeast and Transplant Genomes Back into Bacterial Cells

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Researchers at the J. Craig Venter Institute (JCVI), a not-for-profit genomic research organization, published results today describing new methods in which the entire bacterial genome from Mycoplasma mycoides was cloned ...



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