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08 July 2005

What Kingdom Claims You? I can't seem to find a definitive/authoratative answer online and it's driving me nuts: is yeast an animal or a fungus?

post by: PinkStainlessTail at: 13:45 | 7 comments

This site places it under fungae.

posted by Frisbee Girl 08 July | 13:56

fungus for real. otherwise vegetarians would be screwed.

posted by Pretty_Generic 08 July | 13:56

Loathing claims me. At least lately.

posted by bonehead 08 July | 16:07

Gondor?

posted by dreamsign 08 July | 16:16

Dude, it's totatlly a fungus. Among us.

posted by Specklet 08 July | 16:38

fungus.

posted by amberglow 08 July | 17:31

For a minute I doubted the fungus conclusion, so I looked it up in the glossary of Molecular Biology of the Cell:

yeast - common term for several families of unicellular fungi. Includes species used for brewing beer and making bread, as well as pathogenic species (that is, species that cause disease).

And I tell people I have a biology degree. *hangs head in shame*

posted by Nice Donkey 08 July | 22:01

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