The rise of yeast
Subtitle: how the sugar fungus shaped civilization
By: Nicholas P. Money
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 210
ISBN-13: 9780190270711
Subjects: Microorganisms; Yeast
Description: Humans knew what yeast did long before they knew what it was. It was not until Louis Pasteur's experiments in the 1860s that scientists even acknowledged its classification as a fungus. A compelling blend of science, history, and sociology The Rise of Yeast explores the rich, strange, and utterly symbiotic relationship between people and yeast.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Yeasty basics; title: Yeast of Eden: drink; title: The dough also rises: food; title: Frankenyeast: cells; title: The little yeast on the prairie: biotechnology; title: Yeasts of the wild: yeast diversity; title: Yeasts of wrath: health and disease.