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The Newsletter for Industrial Users of Saccharomyces |
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Welcome to YeastBytes |
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| Like a five year old who has just been refused those must have black chunky shoes, here we are kicking and screaming with YeastBytes no.4. Despite the unrelenting pressure, we have stuck to our task to deliver a late summer bumper edition with some more finely honed pieces in our bimonthly homage to all things Saccharomyces. |
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| The lead article in this issue is something of a party political broadcast on behalf of the 'Yeast Supply' party, often seen as failing to punch its weight and grabbing too few votes. This piece focuses on the benefits of yeast supply or management through the eyes of a 'party worker'. Unable to resist the pun, 'freeze dying' hits home on the perils of using dried yeast from commercial collections for yeast supply. For the first time in YeastBytes' young life we take a deep breath and consider the thorny subject of the 'generation game' and the pros and cons of culling and replacing yeast. Next up Cara new boy, Pieter Swanepoel introduces ('passport control') some of the amazing developments in molecular methods that have made strain fingerprinting a quick and cost-effective monitoring tool. YeastBytes regular Chris Giles mulls over the joys of the QA of microbiological media. Finally, in the bizarre corner that is 'did you know?', YeastBytes catches up on the spread of Australian yeast extract in art! |
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when you run out of paint ... |
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| I've always been interested in the way likes, dislikes, skills and talents partition in families. In YeastBytes No 2, I touched on the Marmite 'gene' and how three of us loved it but my wife and son hate it. When it comes to artistic ability in the Quain household, the partition is 4 to 1. Regrettably I'm the 'one' (as in rubbish) but the other four have talent creating all sorts of impressive stuff with different media. Whilst oil, acrylic, paint, paper and fabric are all part of their palette, the application of yeast extract has - so far - been limited to toast and sandwiches! |
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| To explain. Back in May this year a young Australian girl - Stef Chard - won second prize at the Gympie Art Show with a portrait of the Queen created with the yeast extract, Vegemite. This novel 'medium' was used because 'when you run out of paint, then you really turn to the next best thing'. Indeed Ms. Chard might have started something. A video 'Vegemite on toast speed painting' is currently to be found on YouTube with a soundtrack, 'Lady Vegemite' by The Krill. In just under 4 minutes an impressive portrait is created with nine pieces of toast, a knife and a bottle of Vegemite. How long before Tracey Emin, Damien Hirst et al respond with something provocative in Marmite? |
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| Footnote - the charming image that accompanies this piece is actually called 'vegemite face' from the excellent Stock.XCHNG image site (see quick links). |
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| David Quain |
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We hope that you found this issue of YeastBytes useful. If you know of a colleague who might like to receive it, feel free to forward it to them and suggest they subscribe. We welcome your comments and suggestions about YeastBytes.
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