That’s sweet! – Influence of sugar concentration on yeast activity

Yeast feeds on sugar. But when does it have enough of it? Feed the yeast with different amounts of sugar and see what happens.

Here’s how you proceed:

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Knowledge Box Enzymes
Wissensbox Michaelis-Menten-Kinetik
Knowledge Box Michaelis-Menten Kinetics
You can record your results in the observation log.

Observation Log Sugar Amount

What did your investigations reveal? How does yeast react to different amounts of sugar? Can your results be explained by Michaelis-Menten kinetics? Write us your results in the comments.

The Yeast! Materials created in cooperation with the upper secondary profile Ecosystem Research of Goethe Schule Harburg under the direction of Olaf Zeiske.

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