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bcatanzaro | 1 year ago

“The team looked for a fermenting agent that could remain reactive in substances with a temperature of up to 370 degrees Celsius and alcohol of the recommended 16 percent per volume.”

My guess is that the reporter forgot a decimal point and meant 37.0 degrees Celsius. Because finding a yeast that actively metabolizes sugar at 370 degrees Celsius might be somewhat challenging.

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johnofthesea|1 year ago

Optimal temperature for yeast in general is between 25-30C, for grape wine optimal fermentation is usually between 15-20C (white) 20-25C (red).

So 35C is interesting. 350 would be too much even if it was Kelvin.

throw-qqqqq|1 year ago

Kveik beer yeast often works well far above 35C. Some reportedly tolerate into low 40s.

I don’t know of other yeasts that can do this though.

aDyslecticCrow|1 year ago

Yiest that could survive in volcanic geysers is a bit terrifying to think about.

tmoertel|1 year ago

It turns out that the Yellowstone Supervolcano is actually over-risen bread...

interludead|1 year ago

Still, the research itself is pretty exciting. It’s cool to see traditional methods getting scientific backing

piuantiderp|1 year ago

This made me snort my coffee, what backing was needed or lacking? Need peer-review to validate them?

jojobas|1 year ago

Especially given glucose decomposes under 200C.

xattt|1 year ago

New fermentothermal electricity power source discovered!

nxobject|1 year ago

Mmm, caramel sweet wine, perhaps?