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Isolate Lactic Acid Bacteria for Artisan Flavors

Sylvia Rose

20 hours 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

1 day 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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Isolate Yeast & LAB Strains for Artisan Flavors

Sylvia Rose

2 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

3 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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Sylvia Rose

4 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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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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Pyrococcus furiosus: Extremophile of Vulcano

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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Vulcano: Child Miners, Gods & Extremophiles

Sylvia Rose

Dec 24, 20245 min read

Vulcano: Child Miners, Gods & Extremophiles

Vulcano is part of the Aeolian Island archipelago of Italy. Named for Vulcan, Roman god of fire and metalworking, Vulcano is a unique...

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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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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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Sylvia Rose

Dec 19, 20245 min read

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...

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Nitrogen Fixation & Evolution of Plant Life

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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First Life on Earth: Microbes & Stromatolites

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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Microbe pH Levels: Acidophiles, Neutrophiles & Alkaliphiles

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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Sublimation & the Aludel: Medieval Alchemy

Sylvia Rose

Dec 15, 20245 min read

Sublimation & the Aludel: Medieval Alchemy

Sublimation is a process of refinement, purification or extraction of specific elements. The aludel, a unique alchemical apparatus, is...

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Silica, Silicon & Silicone: Differences & Similarities

Sylvia Rose

Dec 12, 20245 min read

Silica, Silicon & Silicone: Differences & Similarities

Silica, silicon, and silicone refer to related but distinct substances with specific properties, applications, and origins. Silica is...

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Bdellovibrio: Lifestyles of Predatory Bacteria

Sylvia Rose

Dec 11, 20245 min read

Bdellovibrio: Lifestyles of Predatory Bacteria

Bdellovibrio predatory bacteria are gram-negative , obligate aerobic bacteria who hunt other gram-negative bacteria to feed on their...

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Sylvia Rose

Dec 11, 20245 min read

Brownian Motion: Physics & Phenomena

Brownian motion vividly illustrates the appearance of chaos at a microscopic level. This phenomenon, first observed by botanist Robert...

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Killer Yeast: Assassins of the Microworld

Sylvia Rose

Dec 10, 20246 min read

Killer Yeast: Assassins of the Microworld

Killer yeasts secrete toxic proteins. Known as killer toxins, the proteins can eliminate susceptible cells within their own species or...

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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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