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yeast

Informal group of fungi

Entityfood ingredient organisms known by a particular common nameQ45422

Also known as yeasts

Instance of: food ingredient
, organisms known by a particular common name
Subclass of: fungi
, raising agent

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A yeast is any species of fungus that grows primarily in a unicellular form and reproduces via budding or fission. Yeasts are eukaryotic microorganisms that originated hundreds of millions of years ago, with at least 1,500 species currently recognized. They constitute about 1% of all described fungal species.

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Partially coincident with: Yeast-like fungi
Taxon known by this common name: Sporidiales
Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomycotina
Schizosaccharomycetes

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48 identifiers linking yeast across the web's reference databases

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