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Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A unicellular fungus.

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae

A unicellular fungus.

It is a unicellular yeast, a eukaryotic ascomycete fungus, with a nucleus, mitochondria, and a cell wall. It obtains energy through respiration or fermentation depending on environmental conditions and nutrient availability.

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is an essential model organism for research on genetics, the cell cycle, and eukaryotic metabolism. It is also highly important in baking, beverage production, and biotechnology.

The video describes it as the yeast that makes bread rise and ferments beer and wine, a use already exploited by ancient Egyptians. It states that it was the first eukaryote to have its genome fully sequenced in 1996 and that it tolerates up to 18% alcohol.

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