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[–] [email protected] 36 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Beer’s similar: Give beer sugars, the yeast generates poison to try and prevent other microorganisms from surviving and eventually the yeast poisons its own environment enough that it can no longer continue living.

[–] sarmale 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Is there any reason why yeast does that or it is just a random fact?

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