Evidence for S. cerevisiae Fermentation in Ancient Wine 

@article{Cavalieri2003EvidenceF,
  title={
Evidence for S. cerevisiae Fermentation in Ancient Wine
},
  author={Duccio Cavalieri and Patrick McGovern and Daniel L. Hartl and Robert K. Mortimer and Mario Polsinelli},
  journal={Journal of Molecular Evolution},
  year={2003},
  volume={57},
  pages={S226-S232}
}
Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the principal yeast used in modern fermentation processes, including winemaking, breadmaking, and brewing. From residue present inside one of the earliest known wine jars from Egypt, we have extracted, amplified, and sequenced ribosomal DNA from S.cerevisiae. These results indicate that this organism was probably responsible for wine fermentation by at least 3150 B.C. This inference has major implications for the evolution of bread and beer yeasts, since it suggests… 
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