Fig. 1

Assessment of the optimum temperature through the examination of growth of Saccharomyces cerevisiae SUBSC01in terms of a Optical Density at 600 nm (OD₆₀₀) and b the formation of the colony forming units (CFUs). Cells were grown as stated in “Methods”, and aliquots were removed at the specific time intervals (90, 180, 270, 360 and 450 min) for the assay. A prolonged lag phase (~270 min) was observed, when cells were grown at 30, 37, 40 °C. Consequently, the optimum growth temperature of the laboratory stain S. cerevisiae SUBSC01 was estimated to be 32.5 °C