microbiology, yeast

Human mucus contains glycans that could one day treat harmful Candida albicans infections.

Targeted, genome-wide CRISPR editing in yeast improves protein yield.

Scientists added a gene circuit that senses and neutralizes proinflammatory ATP to yeast, taking another step towards precision medicine.

The material turns bright pink when it comes in contact with an enzyme produced by the fungus Candida albicans.

Over centuries of cultivating Saccharomyces cerevisiae to make dough, bakers have put selective pressure on the species, causing it to diverge into two distinct groups, according to the authors.

The use of yeast artificial chromosomes has enabled the rapid genetic reconstruction of the novel coronavirus.

Scientists extracted 4,500-year-old yeast from Egyptian pottery to use in breadmaking.

Governor Phil Murphy signs a bill honoring the bacterium discovered in his state’s soil, now known for its antibiotic compounds used to treat tuberculosis.

Images from the country’s Chang’e-4 lunar lander show the first sprouting plants.

Under one name the species is used in food fermentation, and under the other it is a drug-resistant cause of yeast infections.

The partnering of an alga and a fungus to make lichen may be only two-thirds of the equation.

Yeast strains from different regions of New Zealand generate wines with varying chemistries.

A brewmaster is creating a signature concoction using yeast found in his facial hair.

Out with toothpicks and pipettors; in with automation.

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