Yeast research : a historical overview / James A. Barnett and Linda Barnett.

Washington, DC : ASM Press, [2011], ©2011.

xi, 379 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 26 cm

Derived from a series of articles in the journal Yeast.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

The cause of fermentation : work by chemists and biologists, 1789 to 1850 -- The beginnings of yeast physiology, 1850 to 1880 -- Pure cultures, new yeast species, and cell-free extracts, 1880 to 1900 -- Yeast cytology, 1890 to 1950 -- Yeast cytology, 1950 to 1990 -- The fermentation pathway, 1900 to 1950 -- The main respiratory pathway, 1920 to 1960 -- Enzymic adaptation and regulation, 1900 to 1960 -- Regulation of sugar metabolism, 1920 to 2004 -- Metabolite transport by facilitated diffusion, 1900 to 2000 -- Metabolite uptake by active transport, 1925 to 2000 -- The foundations of yeast genetics, 1918 to 2000 -- Medical yeasts, 1800 to 2000 -- Taxonomy, 1900 to 2000.