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Essay Archive - Yeast
Yeast
 	In 1876 a French scientist by the name of Louis Pasteur  found something that would make college students eternally  grateful of his scientific knowledge.  He discovered that  yeast played an important part in making beer.  Since then  yeast has been used in not only the production of beer, but  also wine and the most commonly known, bread.
	Yeast belongs to a group of very simple organisms  commonly referred to as fungi, but the scientific name is  Saccharomyces Cerevisia.  Fungi exist nearly everywhere on  the planet, including the air.  There are over 473 species  of yeast known today.  This massive overtake o....
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