The budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae is a highly advanced model system for
studying genetics, cell biology and systems biology. Over the past decade, the application of …

Fast increase of fish aquaculture production to meet consumer demands is accompanied by
important ecological concerns such as disease outbreaks. Meanwhile, food waste is an …

Hybridization can result in reproductively isolated and phenotypically distinct lineages that
evolve as independent hybrid species. How frequently hybridization leads to speciation …

The maple syrup industry generates substandard syrups and sugar sand as by-products,
which are underused. In this study, we conducted a comprehensive analysis of the …

Background Mitochondrial function requires numerous genetic interactions between
mitochondrial-and nuclear-encoded genes. While selection for optimal mitonuclear …

Yeasts belonging to the Saccharomyces genus play an important role in human-driven
fermentations. The species S. cerevisiae has been widely studied because it is the dominant …

Among molecular biologists, the group of fungi called Saccharomycotina is famous for its
yeasts. These yeasts in turn are famous for what they have in common—genetic …

Microorganisms have significant potential to control fungal contamination in various foods.
However, the identification of strains that exhibit robust antifungal activity poses challenges …

Speciation and adaptation are important processes that are difficult to study in the invisible
microbial world because of the lack of easily identifiable characters that can be correlated …

The use of antibiotics to promote growth and prevent diarrhea in livestock production has
raised concerns about the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Probiotics, live …