Saccharomyces

Saccharomyces is a genus of yeast, members of which are often called "brewer's" or "baker's" yeasts due to their importance to these professions. Saccharomyces, or "Sacc" forms unicellular, slighly oblong cells ~10 μm in diameter.

Several different species of Saccharomyces are found in Lambic, including

1. Saccharomyces cerevisiae, which is responsible for the primary production of ethanol in both Lambic and most other beers.
2. Saccharomyces bayanus, which is used in the making of wine as well as Lambic and is closely related to S. cerevisiae.
3. Saccharomyces globosus
4. Saccharomyces uvarum

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