Baker's yeast has the scientific name of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This means that the genus of baker's yeast is Saccharomyces and the species is cerevisiae.
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The main variety of yeast that we use is "Saccharomyces cerevisiae" which means means "sugar fungus from beer".
The genus of baker's yeast is Saccharomyces.
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the scientific name for one or more strains of this fungus, which is used as a leavening in baking. It can also be called S. cerevisiae.
The scientific name is ' saccharomyces cerevisiae ' .