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Ascomycete. Wine yeast: Used in fermentation activities. Incubation temperature 30°C. Sabouraud dextrose agar growth medium.

Use Sordaria fimicola to allow students to visualize the results of crossing over during cell division.

Ascomycete. Baker’s yeast. Reproduction by budding. Incubation temperature 30°C. YM agar growth medium.

Yeast strains are ideal for genetic study because they are easy to grow and maintain, their life cycle is complete in approximately one week, and you can arrest different stages of the life cycle by growing it on different types of media.

Ascomycete. Host for rDNA. Incubation temperature 30°C. Sabouraud dextrose/YM agar growth medium.