IF YOU buy yeast, you get one species: Saccharomyces cerevisiae, a reliable and predictable bread-maker. But for most of history, humans have used a living culture of wild yeasts and bacteria to ...
A new study published inPNAS Nexus suggests that baker’s yeast might be far more rugged than anyone expected. Known scientifically as Saccharomyces cerevisiae, the same yeast that helps bread rise has ...