The Yeast Role in Medical Applications

• Other Authors: Mohamed Hussain Abdulkhair, Waleed (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: IntechOpen 2018
• Subjects: Food & beverage technology; saccharomyces cerevisiae, drug resistance, probiotic, transcription, signal transduction, candida albicans
• Online Access: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Biotechnology including medical applications depends on the yeast as biofermenter to produce many industrial products including pharmaceutical ones. Although yeasts are first known as useful microorganisms, some of them are identified as pathogens for plants, animals, and humans. Due to the simple c...