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Yeast is everywhere. I was recently reading about how to cultivate wild yeast in a jar left on your countertop for use in making sourdough bread. What happens
by crusso 6y ago
Yeast is everywhere. I was recently reading about how to cultivate wild yeast in a jar left on your countertop for use in making sourdough bread.
What happens when some of the yeast you capture in the environment is producing psilocybin?
I saw no mention in the article of considerations to keep these genetic modifications contained within the psilocybin manufacturing process.
- tehjoker 6y agoGenerally, most genetic modifications like these are harmful to the competitiveness of the microorganism in the wild. It's possible that producing psilocybin could help it be more competitive, but this would be the exception rather than the rule. Generally, the organism expends so much energy and material producing the engineered substance that it's worse at doing other things.