| Saccharomyces eubayanus | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Saccharomycetes |
| Order: | Saccharomycetales |
| Family: | Saccharomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Saccharomyces |
| Species: | S. eubayanus |
| Binomial name | |
| Saccharomyces eubayanus |
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Saccharomyces eubayanus, a type of yeast, is a likely parent of the lager brewing yeast, Saccharomyces pastorianus.[1][2]
Lager is a type of beer created from malted barley and brewed at low temperatures, originally in Bavaria. S. eubayanus was discovered in Patagonia, possibly being an example of Columbian exchange.
The discovery was published in a study by Diego Libkind, of the Institute for Biodiversity and Environment Research in Bariloche, Argentina, and Chris Hittinger, professor of genetics at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin, USA, on August 22, 2011 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.[3]