BIOL 2303 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Model Organism, Brewing, Grape
27 May 2020
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Why is it an important model organism. Over 150 genes implicated in human disease have homolog in yeast. In most cases, gene knockout in yeast is easy. Invisibly present on grapes and most added wine yeasts are strain of s. cerevisiae. Some growth of yeast can result in wine production. Yeast is used in wine making where it converts the sugars present in grape juice (fermentation) In baking, the earliest records come from ancient egypt, main function fermentation. Cream yeast, compressed, active dry, instant yeast, rapid-rise. Found on skin, oral cavity, vagina of healthy humans, auto-brewery syndrome (abs(: gut fermentation syndrome. Ethanol produced by fermentation in the gut. S. cerevisiae and other fungi and bacteria responsible. What are different ways you can differentiate between different bacteria and different ways you can understand that bacteria x is present in this sample. Hint: some microorganisms like very high temp.
