I've seen reference to a fictionalized account (story) of/about the live
> of yeast... by a 'well know writer'... does this ring a bell with anyone? >
> david potter
You may be referring to "Breakfast of Champions" by Kurt Vonnegut. There is a Kilgore Trout story in there about a conversation between two yeast as they ate and ate and choked on their own excrement. It's a good book, but not nearly as good as "Slaughterhouse Five" or "The Sirens of Titan", if you're a Vonnegut fan.
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-Wesley