Experimental treatment of the laws of heterogeneous catalysis with immobilized yeast cells (Saccharomyces cerevisiae).

A series of simple, low-cost experiments is described in this paper that allows students to be introduced to some basic kinetic laws relating to heterogeneous catalysis. Immobilized yeast cells are used as the example and therefore simultaneously offer the opportunity to acquaint the students with the theoretical and practical background of an important branch of biotechnology.