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Saccharomyces Cerevisiae Genetics
''Saccharomyces'' is a genus of fungi that includes many species of yeasts. ''Saccharomyces'' is from Ancient Greek, Greek σάκχαρον (sugar) and μύκης (fungus) and means ''sugar fungus''. Many members of this genus are considered very important in food production where they are known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, brewer's yeast, baker's yeast and Sourdough, sourdough starter among others. They are unicellular and Saprotrophic nutrition, saprotrophic fungi. One example is ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'', which is used in making bread, wine, and beer, and for human and animal health. Other members of this genus include the wild yeast ''Saccharomyces paradoxus'' that is the closest relative to ''S. cerevisiae'', ''Saccharomyces bayanus'', used in making wine, and ''Saccharomyces boulardii, Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' Saccharomyces boulardii, var. ''boulardii'', used in medicine. Morphology Colony (biology), Colonies of ''Saccharomyces'' grow rapidly and mature in three days. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franz Meyen
Franz Julius Ferdinand Meyen (28 June 1804 – 2 September 1840) was a Prussian physician and botanist. Meyen was born in Tilsit, East Prussia. In 1830 he wrote ''Phytotomie'', the first major study of plant anatomy. Between 1830 and 1832, he took part in an expedition to South America on board the ''Prinzess Luise'', visiting Peru and Bolivia, describing species then new to science such as the Humboldt penguin. From 1823 to 1826, he studied medicine at the University of Berlin, followed by service as a military surgeon at the Charité The Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Charité – Berlin University of Medicine; ) is Europe's List of hospitals by capacity, largest university hospital, affiliated with Humboldt University of Berlin, Humboldt University and the Free ... in Berlin. In 1834 he became an associate professor of botany in Berlin. With Heinrich Friedrich Link, he was co-editor of the journal ''Jahresberichte über die Arbeiten für physiologische Botan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |