yeast
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Perhaps the best-known examples of fermentation are in baking and brewing, where yeast breaks down sugar into ethanol and carbon dioxide.
From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026
Genetic analysis revealed "DNA damage levels very comparable to the original microbes" in the Iceman's guts, suggesting the yeast entered his body soon after death, Sarhan said.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
The scientists then reproduced the gut yeast in a fridge.
From Barron's • Jun. 3, 2026
Other yeast research has also shown that adaptation can be shaped by environmental stress and that mutations helpful in one setting may carry costs in others.
From Science Daily • May 29, 2026
“Vrasayana was in charge of a brine-evaporation plant for the production of iodine, with which yeast can do without, but human beings not. His plant was forced into receivership.”
From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov
Vocabulary lists containing yeast
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