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Cell Structure of Yeast (With Diagram) | Fungi

In this article we will discuss about the cell structure of yeast. This will also help you to draw the structure and diagram of cell structure of yeast.  The yeasts are unicellular fungi. Cells may remain attached in short chains forming a pseudomycelium, but they do not produce true mycelium. The cells are extremely variable in shape being globose, oval, [...]

By |2016-10-17T07:30:08+00:00October 17, 2016|Yeasts|Comments Off on Cell Structure of Yeast (With Diagram) | Fungi

Yeasts: Kinds and Economic Importance of Yeasts

For the first time, yeasts were observed and reported by Leeuwenhoek (1680). First of all reported yeasts. Yeasts are nonmycelial (unicellular) saprotrophic ascomycetes. They are cosmopolitan in distribution that grows in sugar rich medium, milk, on sweet fruits, decaying vegetables and some on animal excreta. They are of 2 types: (a) True yeasts (ascosporic yeasts): Develop ascospores inside asci or [...]

By |2015-08-27T08:55:47+00:00December 2, 2014|Yeasts|Comments Off on Yeasts: Kinds and Economic Importance of Yeasts
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