Human Body

Green Coffee: Consumer Facts & Information

Sylvia Rose

1 day ago7 min read

Green Coffee: Consumer Facts & Information

Green coffee is unroasted coffee. The green seeds or "beans" of the coffee cherry are covered in a whitish mucilage, tucked inside the...

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Isolate Lactic Acid Bacteria for Artisan Flavors

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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Five Sugars: Glucose, Maltose, Fructose, Sucrose, Lactose

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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Mold Spores: Power Packs of Creation & Purpose

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

6 days ago6 min read

ATP: Nature of Energy & Vital Functions

Adenosine triphosphate, or ATP, is known as the energy currency of life. Without ATP, essential cellular processes stop. From rhythm of...

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Pyruvate (Pyruvic Acid): Key to Life's Energy

Sylvia Rose

Dec 31, 20244 min read

Pyruvate (Pyruvic Acid): Key to Life's Energy

Pyruvate, or pyruvic acid, is a powerful molecule essential in the energy production of living cells. An intermediate in metabolic...

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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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Milk into Cheese: Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB)

Sylvia Rose

Dec 31, 20246 min read

Milk into Cheese: Lactic Acid Bacteria (LAB)

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) work to help transform milk into cheese, creating unique flavors and textures. They ferment sugars, mainly...

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Glycolysis: Biochemistry of Holistic Health

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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Lactic Acid Bacteria: Team Players of Fermentation

Sylvia Rose

Dec 29, 20245 min read

Lactic Acid Bacteria: Team Players of Fermentation

Lactic acid bacteria (LAB) are industrious microbes working to transform ingredients such as milk into cheese and cabbage into sauerkraut...

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Binary Fission: Speedy Microbe Reproduction

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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Amazing Yeast: Feeding, Breeding & Biofilms

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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Bacteria & Archaea: Differences & Similarities

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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Prokaryotes & Eukaryotes: Life Forms on Earth

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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Yeast & Mold: Ancient Fungi, Modern World

Sylvia Rose

Dec 22, 20248 min read

Yeast & Mold: Ancient Fungi, Modern World

Yeast and mold are types of fungi, adept at the decomposition of organic matter. They share some similarities but each has a unique...

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Microbial Reproduction: Mitosis & Meiosis

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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GI Yeast Hunter: Bacteroides thetaiotomicron

Sylvia Rose

Dec 16, 20245 min read

GI Yeast Hunter: Bacteroides thetaiotomicron

Bacteroides thetaiotomicron is found in the human gastrointestinal tract (GI) as part of the normal digestive system biota, along with...

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Spores & Yeast: Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Sylvia Rose

Dec 14, 20246 min read

Spores & Yeast: Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast spores appear as perfect spheres, found in diverse environments. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a common spore-forming yeast, known...

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Difference Between Gram-Positive & Gram-Negative Bacteria

Sylvia Rose

Dec 9, 20243 min read

Difference Between Gram-Positive & Gram-Negative Bacteria

Differences between Gram-negative and Gram-positive bacteria are fairly straightforward, related to cell membrane structure. Knowing...

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Yeast: Potent Power of the Active Microworld

Sylvia Rose

Dec 8, 20246 min read

Yeast: Potent Power of the Active Microworld

Yeast is a vital component of the microbial world, involved in diverse ecological processes. This amazing fungal organism is essential...

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