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Does Yeast Live Off Sugar? The Science of Fermentation

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For millennia, humans have harnessed the power of yeast to produce bread, beer, and other fermented goods. This microscopic fungus, a type of single-celled organism, indeed lives off sugar, but its metabolism is more complex than a simple consumption process.