Sunday, October 20, 2019

This Fungus Mutates. That’s Good News if You Like Cheese. - The New York Times

the study shows how a favorite food item historically evolved and how a fungus used in food production can be manipulated without genetic engineering.

"We've been producing cheese for thousands of years and alcohol for tens of thousands," Dr. Gibbons said. "Now we have a window into history in terms of what early humans wanted out of microbes."


https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/15/science/cheese-fungus-mold-camembert.html


_- Steve

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