Not exact matches
Next, the scientists tested their hypothesis in the widely studied worm Caenorhabditis elegans, and found that a
strain genetically engineered to produce excess amyloid in their guts survived up to 3 days longer
after an exposure to Salmonella and
yeast than typical worms.
An accidental escape hinted at what those scents might be good for: «When returning to the lab
after a weekend, I found that a flask with a smelly
yeast culture was infested by fruit flies that had escaped from a neighboring genetics lab, whereas another flask that contained a mutant
yeast strain in which the aroma gene was deleted did not contain any flies,» Verstrepen recalls.
After it's discovery, scientists spent over a decade looking for the single
yeast strain responsible for the brewer's youthful hands.