Yeast

These little, bubbly guys help us make such perennial favorites as 'bread' and 'beer.' If you're saying to yourself "what is yeast, Alex," I got good news for you: you're right! Come learn about the microscopic fungus amung us on this week's Tangents!Head to https://www.patreon.com/SciShowTangents to find out how you can help support SciShow Tangents, and see all the cool perks you’ll get in return, like bonus episodes and a monthly newsletter!And go to https://store.dftba.com/collections/scishow-tangents to buy your very own, genuine SciShow Tangents sticker!A big thank you to Patreon subscriber Garth Riley for helping to make the show possible!Follow us on Twitter @SciShowTangents, where we’ll tweet out topics for upcoming episodes and you can ask the science couch questions! While you're at it, check out the Tangents crew on Twitter: Ceri: @ceriley Sam: @im_sam_schultz Hank: @hankgreen[Trivia Question]Yeast mitotic arresthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4255140/[Fact Off]Stinking hellebore flower and yeast relationshiphttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2871880/https://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20527473-900-stinky-flower-is-kept-warm-by-yeast-partner/#ixzz7HEPFjzKBFruit fly and yeast relationshiphttps://www.cell.com/cell-reports/fulltext/S2211-1247(14)00777-3https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0196440https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4556146/https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0300962983906011https://www.cell.com/current-biology/fulltext/S0960-9822(12)00075-9https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/guest-blog/fruit-flies-use-alcohol-to-self-medicate-but-feel-bad-about-it-afterwards/[Ask the Science Couch]History of yeasthttps://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/yeastshttp://www.faculty.umb.edu/gary_zabel/Courses/Spinoza/Texts/WAW%20Moll%20Antonie%20van%20Leeuwenhoek.htmhttps://books.google.com/books?id=gy_SAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA228&lpg=PA228https://books.google.com/books?id=XILwDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA72&lpg=PA72http://e-malt.com/statistics/ScientificDigest/Beginnings_of_microbiology_and_biochemistry_yeast_research.pdf Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.