“…In contrast to most carboxylic‐acid producing prokaryotes, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae can withstand both high CO 2 (Aguilera, Petit, De Winde, & Pronk, ; Eigenstetter & Takors, ; Richard, Guillouet, & Uribelarrea, ) and low pH (Della‐Bianca, de Hulster, Pronk, van Maris, & Gombert, ; Verduyn, Postma, Scheffers, & van Dijken, ). However, although S. cerevisiae grows at high CO 2 , reduced biomass yields have been reported for respiring S. cerevisiae cultures grown at CO 2 values of 50% and 79% (Aguilera et al, ; Eigenstetter & Takors, ; Richard et al, ). Similarly, S. cerevisiae can grow at pH values as low as pH 2.5, but only at significantly reduced specific growth rates (Carmelo, Bogaerts, & Sá‐Correia, ; Della‐Bianca & Gombert, ; Della‐Bianca, de Hulster, Pronk, van Maris, & Gombert, ; Eraso & Gancedo, ; Orij, Postmus, Beek, Brul, & Smits, ).…”