Yeast sporulates when it is starving, according to my DD who did 
research on the critters in Uni. It's a last-ditch effort to try to 
survive adverse conditions, and is only sometimes successful. Yeast 
spores are still very vulnerable to heat, as Patricia said.

Catherine Watson Genna, BS, IBCLC  NYC  cwgenna.com

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