How to Cross Breed Yeast

Step-by-Step Guide

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   Step 1: Buy 1 packet of dry baker's yeast and 1 packet of dry brewer's yeast normally found at a local grocery store.

   Mix the yeast kinds together. , Take a cup of distilled water and 2 teaspoons of sugar or splenda, sugar works best, and mix them together.
   
   Now pour the sugar water into the jar holding the yeast.
   
   The yeast should turn into a brown or yellow blob. , You should see the blob start to grow.
   
   Take the newly grown slime and put it in a separate jar.
   
   Does it change, grow, look, or act different than your first blob of yeast? If so you have created a hybrid colony of yeast.
   
   Sometimes you need a microscope to see the differences. , Baker's yeast is a species of yeast that reproduces sexually like animals and some plants.
   
   It is used to make bread rise.
   
   Brewer's yeast is a modified, more complex strain of baker's yeast.
   
   It is used to brew beer and wine.
   
   They reproduce by merging together than breaking apart into many yeast cells.
   
   The 2 different strains merged and split into many hybrid cells. ,
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   Step 2: Dump the yeast in both packets into a small glass jar.

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   Step 3: Now to bring the dry yeast to life.

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   Step 4: Add sugar water daily.

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   Step 5: If you want to know how this works then read on.

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   Step 6: Finished.

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