Baker's yeast as we know it today is a living single-celled fungus given the name of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. There are over 1,500 species of yeast and this one in particular is most likely a ...

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The importance of yeast for fermentation has shaped our shared history with this organism for thousands of years. By analysing the genomes of dozens of isolates of domestic and wild yeast two studies ...

Competition and cooperation are fundamental forces that govern the evolutionary and ecological dynamics among species. The balance between these forces varies across ecological contexts, with some ...

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In this March 4, 2019, photo, Jamie Adams shows some intact beer bottles recovered from the shipwreck of the SS Oregon at his St. James Brewery in Holbrook, N.Y. Adams created an ale called Deep ...