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Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom fungi, with 1,500 species currently described, estimated to be only 1% of all fungal species.

The useful physiological properties of yeast have lead to their use in the field of biotechnology. Fermentation of sugars by yeast is the oldest and largest application of this technology. Many types of yeast are used for making foods: baker's yeast in bread production, brewer's yeast in beer fermentation, yeast in wine making and for xylitol production. So called red rice yeast is actually a mold, monascus purpureus Yeast include some of the most widely used model organisms for genetics and cell Biology.

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