Yeasts

Abstract

The yellowish gray, clay-like sediment that collects at the bottom of the casks or barrels in which beer or wine is fermented must have been associated with the cause of fermentation by the ancient brewmasters and wine-makers, for its name in most languages is linked to some phenomena of fermentation. In 1680, Loewenhook, the Dutch inventor of the microscope, was the first man to see, with the aid of his new instrument, the spherical and egg-shaped tiny cells contained in the yeast sediment. But, by not elaborating on what he had seen, he left the actual discovery, that the yeast sediment is composed mainly of a unicellular fungus, to Schwann, Cagnard-Latour, Kutzing, and others around the years 1825 to 1830. These

Role of combined cell membrane and wall mechanical properties regulated by polarity signals in cell budding

“…Yeast mother cells can be either egg-shaped, elliptical, or spherical [44]. While the size of a yeast cell varies depending on the cell type, for simplicity we assume that mother cell initially is a sphere of radius of 2.0 μm [45].…”

Role of combined cell membrane and wall mechanical properties regulated by polarity signals in cell budding

“…Yeast mother cells can be either egg-shaped, elliptical, or spherical [42] . While the size of an yeast cell varies depending on the cell types, for simplicity we assume that mother cell initially is a sphere with radius of [43] .…”