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We’ve Been Putting A Potentially Dangerous, Drug-resistant Yeast in Food for Centuries
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<blockquote data-quote="cheryl" data-source="post: 194" data-attributes="member: 1"><p><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/07/19/25792/" target="_blank"><strong>We’ve Been Putting A Potentially Dangerous, Drug-resistant Yeast in Food for Centuries - Discover Magazine</strong></a></p><p></p><p>You say to-MAY-to, I say to-MAH-to. You say po-TAY-to, I say po-TAH-to. You say Candida krusei, I say Pichia kudriavzevii — and that should make you a little nervous.</p><p></p><p>OK, so that last bit needs explaining. C. krusei is a drug-resistant yeast species that’s responsible for thousands of potentially fatal infections in the United States every year. P. kudriavzevii is a yeast species that’s been widely used for centuries in the food industry and is playing a larger role in the production of bioethanol and other chemicals.</p><p></p><p>C. krusei and P. kudriavzevii, two very different names, playing two very different roles … uhh, yeeeaaah, scientists have confirmed they’re the same species.</p><p></p><p>Indeed, we’ve been given the ole’ Jekyll-and-Hyde treatment, which means we’ve been using a drug-resistant strain of yeast, capable of infecting human beings, on an industrial scale for centuries. This little truth bomb comes courtesy of a team of researchers led by Alexander Douglass at the University College Dublin in Ireland.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cheryl, post: 194, member: 1"] [URL='http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/d-brief/2018/07/19/25792/'][B]We’ve Been Putting A Potentially Dangerous, Drug-resistant Yeast in Food for Centuries - Discover Magazine[/B][/URL] You say to-MAY-to, I say to-MAH-to. You say po-TAY-to, I say po-TAH-to. You say Candida krusei, I say Pichia kudriavzevii — and that should make you a little nervous. OK, so that last bit needs explaining. C. krusei is a drug-resistant yeast species that’s responsible for thousands of potentially fatal infections in the United States every year. P. kudriavzevii is a yeast species that’s been widely used for centuries in the food industry and is playing a larger role in the production of bioethanol and other chemicals. C. krusei and P. kudriavzevii, two very different names, playing two very different roles … uhh, yeeeaaah, scientists have confirmed they’re the same species. Indeed, we’ve been given the ole’ Jekyll-and-Hyde treatment, which means we’ve been using a drug-resistant strain of yeast, capable of infecting human beings, on an industrial scale for centuries. This little truth bomb comes courtesy of a team of researchers led by Alexander Douglass at the University College Dublin in Ireland. [/QUOTE]
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