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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...

Sylvia Rose
Jan 26 min read
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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...

Sylvia Rose
Jan 16 min read
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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...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 31, 20244 min read
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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...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 31, 20244 min read
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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...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 31, 20246 min read
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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...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 30, 20245 min read
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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...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 29, 20244 min read
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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...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 28, 20245 min read
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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...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 27, 20247 min read
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Pyrococcus furiosus: Extremophile of Vulcano
Pyrococcus furiosus is an extremophile first discovered in the boiling hot, anaerobic conditions of the volcanic island Vulcano. This...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 25, 20244 min read
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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,...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 21, 20245 min read
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Wild Yeast: Microbes Acting Naturally
Wild yeast is a fascinating part of the natural world. Ubiquitous and often overlooked, it's a coveted organism of science, well-known by...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 20, 20248 min read
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How Yeast Transforms Sugars to Booze
Yeast is a single-celled fungus essential for fermentation. It transforms simple sugars into alcohol and carbon dioxide, a process...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 19, 20245 min read
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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...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 18, 20244 min read
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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....

Sylvia Rose
Dec 18, 20244 min read
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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...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 16, 20245 min read
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Sublimation & the Aludel: Medieval Alchemy
Sublimation is a process of refinement, purification or extraction of specific elements. The aludel, a unique alchemical apparatus, is...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 15, 20245 min read
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Spores & Yeast: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a common spore-forming yeast, known better as brewers' yeast. Some strains also release enzymes toxic to...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 14, 20246 min read
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Silica, Silicon & Silicone: Differences & Similarities
Silica, silicon, and silicone refer to related but distinct substances with specific properties, applications, and origins. Silica is...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 12, 20244 min read
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Bdellovibrio: Lifestyles of Predatory Bacteria
Bdellovibrio predatory bacteria are gram-negative , obligate aerobic bacteria who hunt other gram-negative bacteria to feed on their...

Sylvia Rose
Dec 11, 20245 min read
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