Organisms

Yeasts

A general term for single-celled rounded fungi that reproduce by budding. Brewers' and bakers' yeasts are SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; therapeutic dried yeast is YEAST, DRIED.

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A general term for single-celled rounded fungi that reproduce by budding. Brewers' and bakers' yeasts are SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; therapeutic dried yeast is YEAST, DRIED.

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Indexed with the subheadings chemistry, classification, cytology, drug effects, enzymology, genetics, growth & development, immunology, isolation & purification, metabolism, pathogenicity, physiology, radiation effects, ultrastructure, virology.

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not for "yeast" ( = YEAST, DRIED; see note there); most "yeast infections" = CANDIDIASIS or specific but if general or unspecified yeast infect, index under MYCOSES

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References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Yeasts. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D015003. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D015003
  2. Yeasts. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast
  3. Yeasts. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q45422