Science news articles about 'yeast species'

  • Brewing better beer: Scientists determine the genomic origins of lager yeasts

    ... Saccharomyces pastorianus, the yeast used in lager brewing, is a "hybrid" organism of two yeast species, Saccharomyces bayanus and S. cerevisiae. It is thought that the contributions of both parent ...
  • Rhythmic genomics -- the yeast metronome and the walk of life

    ... do occur, contrary to expectation, and yet the yeast somehow still survives. Furthermore, when two ... I have sequenced these genes to selectively identify yeast species for over 15 years and had no idea ...
  • Jungle yeast

    ... performed by ancient indigenous populations make Ecuador a promising country in which to find novel yeast species". Enrique Carvajal is not a biologist but an attorney. As a home brewer, he ...
  • Yeast missing sex genes undergo unexpected sexual reproduction

    ... Center researchers. "Sex contributes to the Candida yeast species' evolutionary success," said Joseph Heitman, ... what is really happening in humans infected by yeast," said co-author Jennifer Reedy M. ...
  • RNA interference found in budding yeasts

    FINDINGS: Some budding yeast species have the ability to silence genes using RNA interference (RNAi). Until ... long time, people thought that budding yeast didn't have RNAi at all because Saccharomyces ...
  • RNA Interference Found In Budding Yeasts

    ... budding yeast species have the ability to silence genes using RNA interference (RNAi), new research ... now, most researchers thought that no budding yeasts possess the RNAi pathway because Saccharomyces ...
  • Genome sequence published for important biofuels yeast

    ... The study also yielded some interesting genetic information about Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the most studied and utilized yeast species. "The paper suggests that industrial yeast strains may have a ...
  • Voriconazole: A highly potent treatment for fungal infections

    ... The authors conclude that "Voriconazole exhibits high potency in vitro against a wide range of yeast species. It is notably more active than fluconazole in terms of both potency and spectrum, but ...

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