← Back to the catalogue Brewer's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae (Desm.) Meyen Plate · Saccharomyces cerevisiae Enlarged model, not to scale Description A single-celled fungus that turns sugars into alcohol and gas: it is behind bread, beer and wine. Curiosity In 1996 it became the first eukaryote to have its genome sequenced. Sources GBIF · Wikidata
