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Sylvia Rose
3 days ago5 min read
Cherish the Chocolate: Sweet Fermentation
Chocolate is one of the world's most beloved indulgences. The journey from cacao bean to chocolate bar is a series of artful processes,...
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Sylvia Rose
3 days ago7 min read
Brettanomyces: Favorite Artisan Wild Yeast
Brettanomyces is a wild yeast with domestic traits. "Brett" is found throughout the natural world. Microscopy helps define and...
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Sylvia Rose
4 days ago4 min read
Isolate Lactic Acid Bacteria for Artisan Flavors
Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) create delicious flavors and tangy textures in dairy products like cheese, yogurt and fermented milk. These...
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Sylvia Rose
4 days ago7 min read
Five Sugars: Glucose, Maltose, Fructose, Sucrose, Lactose
Sugars are primary consumables and influence how bodies function, often in surprising ways. Sugars are essential for overall health. The...
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Sylvia Rose
5 days ago6 min read
Isolate Yeast & LAB Strains for Artisan Flavors
Yeast strains and lactic acid bacteria (LAB) in artisan baking and beverage production can affect the flavor profile of the product, like...
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Sylvia Rose
5 days ago6 min read
Mold Spores: Power Packs of Creation & Purpose
Mold (mould) is a multi-faceted entity, with properties from food enrichment to serious health hazards. Central to survival of mold are...
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Sylvia Rose
7 days ago6 min read
Yeast: Process from Culture to Consumer
Yeast is a cultured fungus with many hidden talents. A single-celled organism, it transforms simple ingredients into delicious foods and...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 31, 20244 min read
How Lactic Acid Bacteria Make Yogurt
Yogurt is enjoyed throughout the world, created by the natural industry of lactic acid bacteria (LAB). Transformation of milk into yogurt...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 30, 20245 min read
Glycolysis: Biochemistry of Holistic Health
Glycolysis is a biochemical pathway used by organisms to convert glucose into functional energy. This process happens in single-celled...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 29, 20247 min read
German Romanticism: Nature & Emotion
German Romanticism (Deutsche Romantik) is an influential movement emphasizing profound emotions, the beauty of nature, and the power of...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 28, 20245 min read
Binary Fission: Speedy Microbe Reproduction
Binary fission is the primary method of reproduction for bacteria and other single-celled microbes, commonly explained as a parent cell...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 27, 20247 min read
Amazing Yeast: Feeding, Breeding & Biofilms
Yeast is a single-celled organism of kingdom Fungi. Immotile yet dynamic and adept, these microbes are a treat to scientists for their...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 25, 20246 min read
Bacteria & Archaea: Differences & Similarities
Bacteria and archaea are the oldest life forms on Earth. Both defined as prokaryotes , they are fundamentally different in several ways....
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 25, 20244 min read
Pyrococcus furiosus: Extremophile of Vulcano
Pyrococcus furiosus is an extremophile first discovered in the boiling hot, anaerobic conditions of the volcanic island Vulcano. This...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 24, 20243 min read
Silvanus: Roman God of Wild Lands & Fields
Silvanus is a rustic Roman god of wilderness, fields, livestock, boundaries, music and fertility. His name comes from the Latin silva ...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 22, 20244 min read
Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes: Life Forms on Earth
Prokaryotes and eukaryotes are the two major types of cellular creatures on Earth. Prokaryotes are among the first life 3.4 billion years...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 21, 20245 min read
Microbial Reproduction: Mitosis & Meiosis
Cell division is a core process of life in the microworld. Mitosis and meiosis are two types of reproduction in microbes such as algae,...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 18, 20244 min read
Nitrogen Fixation & Evolution of Plant Life
Nitrogen fixation is essential for life on Earth. Despite nitrogen being the most abundant gas in our atmosphere, it exists mainly in...
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 18, 20244 min read
First Life on Earth: Microbes & Stromatolites
Ancient microbes in harsh conditions are the earliest life forms. Fossil records appear in rock formations up to 3.7 billion years old....
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Sylvia Rose
Dec 17, 20245 min read
Microbe pH Levels: Acidophiles, Neutrophiles & Alkaliphiles
Acidophiles, neutrophiles, and alkaliphiles are microbes which prosper at certain pH levels and environmental conditions such as sulfur...
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