Saccharomyces cerevisiae
produces
- ethanol and carbon dioxide as products of fermentation
ethanol
- evaporates during the rising of the dough and baking, causing the sweet odor of fresh bread
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- manipulated through genetic engineering to produce proteins, including the hepatitis B vaccine
carbon dioxide
- produces bubbles within the dough so that the dough will rise
used to make
bread, beer, wine
reproduction
budding
found
in packets in grocery store
What the organism looks like on an agar plate?
light tan, convex, circular colonies with an entire margin; may look similar to bacterial colonies but smell like dough rising because they're yeast
cerveza
means beer in spanish
shape
oval and vary in size
ferments
sugar to ethanol and carbon dioxide
known as
yeast