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Hunting Wild Yeast in Patagonia

Join Chris Hittinger for a discussion about a newly discovered yeast used to make lager.

Aired 02/08/2012 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Hunting Wild Yeast in Patagonia

Special | 55m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

Join Chris Hittinger for a discussion about a newly discovered yeast used to make lager.

Chris Hittinger, an assistant professor in the Department of Genetics at UW-Madison, discusses a recently discovered yeast in the Andean forests of Patagonia, Argentina. The yeast, Saccharomyces eubayanus, fused with a S. cerevisiae ale yeast and evolved into the modern lager yeast that brewers use around the world.

Aired 02/08/2012 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Hunting Wild Yeast in Patagonia

Special | 55m 24sVideo has Closed Captions

Chris Hittinger, an assistant professor in the Department of Genetics at UW-Madison, discusses a recently discovered yeast in the Andean forests of Patagonia, Argentina. The yeast, Saccharomyces eubayanus, fused with a S. cerevisiae ale yeast and evolved into the modern lager yeast that brewers use around the world.

Aired 02/08/2012 | Rating TV-G

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