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hsk · Reyan Roberth
Feb 10, 2018

Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) makes the bread rise.

Explanation:

It is a microbe which feeds on the sugar as its food source.

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It ferments the bread and reduces the sugar to alcohol when it is left overnight by releasing carbon dioxide making it fluffy.

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