Entity
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.
Relations
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae → carries out → Fermentation
Evidence
Sources · original ES transcript
- The Organism That Turned Sugar Into Civilization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae4:56
Ahora hablemos de la estrella del show, la fermentación alcohólica. Saccharomyces cerevisiae convierte los azúcares en etanol y dióxido de carbono.
- The Organism That Turned Sugar Into Civilization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae4:56
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae → stores in its nucleus → DNA
Evidence
Sources · original ES transcript
- The Organism That Turned Sugar Into Civilization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae2:20
Como todos los eucariotas, tiene un núcleo bien definido que contiene su ADN.
- The Organism That Turned Sugar Into Civilization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae2:20
- Yeast genome sequenced (1996) → sequenced the genome of → Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Evidence
Sources · original ES transcript
- The Organism That Turned Sugar Into Civilization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae8:14
Saccharomyces cerevisiae fue el primer organismo eucariota cuyo genoma fue secuenciado completamente en 1996.
- The Organism That Turned Sugar Into Civilization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae8:14
- The Organism That Turned Sugar Into Civilization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae → mentions → Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Evidence
Sources · original ES transcript
- The Organism That Turned Sugar Into Civilization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae2:14
Saccharomyces cerevisiae es un hongo unicelular con una estructura celular bastante compleja para su tamaño.
- The Organism That Turned Sugar Into Civilization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae2:14
Sources · original ES transcript
- The Organism That Turned Sugar Into Civilization | Saccharomyces cerevisiae2:14
Saccharomyces cerevisiae es un hongo unicelular con una estructura celular bastante compleja para su tamaño.