2006-07-06 20:56:51 · 4 answers · asked by Z, unnecessary letter 5 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Botany
Different yeasts are different species or strains of the same basic organism. Basic differences in yeasts are the "power" it has to consume sugar and turn it into alcohol. Bread yeast is the wimp of the lot and is can't produce much alcohol. Beer yeats ferments up to about 12 percent, although you have top fermenting and botom fermenting yeasts. Wine goes higher and champagne yeast is the super strain.
But there are many varieties of each type of these yeasts that also impart important flavours and characters to beverages. And so a wheat beery or abbey style (trappiste originals) depends heavily on a specific type of live liquid yeast for it's unique character. There are alo wild yeast that are rarely used such as "lambic" style.
Yeasts used to be all wild but they have been refines and now prepared varieties exist. It's aliiiive!!!
2006-07-10 01:52:37 · answer #1 · answered by Ouros 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Although some strains may be better for one application than another, they are the same species:
"Bakers' yeast is a type of yeast used in baking and is known as Saccharomyces cerevisiae. This species is also used in fermentation of beer and wine."
Yeast in this context is used to consume carbohydrates, forming carbon dioxide as a waste product.
2006-07-07 04:01:43 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saccharomyces cereviseae is the one species of fungus (yeast) you are talking about.
The difference is this: there are some strains wine makers, brewers and bakers have selected over and over so they have genetic differences on the breakdown of sugars in culture. So different quantities and qualities of alcohol are produces, besides of CO2 expelled on the process.
2006-07-07 23:30:09 · answer #3 · answered by pogonoforo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They are from different spieces so as their DNA are a bit different so their caractersitcs are so. We use theses differences in the human industry (cosmetics, food industry,etc).
Their devellopements and the residuts they product depend on theses spieces and the indutries use theses different developments and residuts. if you want to hva eany others details about that subject you can call me in thailand and bangkok chat rooms
2006-07-07 04:47:25 · answer #4 · answered by JC 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋