Saccharomycetaceae

Saccharomycetaceae
Saccharomyces cerevisiae under DIC microscopy
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Saccharomycetaceae G.Winter (1881)
Type genus
Saccharomyces Meyen ex E.C.Hansen (1883)

The Saccharomycetaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales that reproduce by budding. Species in the family have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are present in a wide variety of habitats, especially those with a plentiful supply of carbohydrate sources. ^[1] The family contains the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae , perhaps the most economically important fungus.

Genera

According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, 20 genera are within the family, although for several of these (marked with a question mark below), the placement is uncertain and requires more study. ^[2]

Brettanomyces
Candida
? Citeromyces
? Cyniclomyces
? Debaryomyces
? Issatchenkia
Kazachstania (synonymous with Arxiozyma )
Kluyveromyces
Komagataella
Kuraishia
Lachancea
? Lodderomyces
Nakaseomyces
? Pachysolen
Pichia
Saccharomyces
Spathaspora
Tetrapisispora
Vanderwaltozyma
Torulaspora
? Williopsis
Zygosaccharomyces
Zygotorulaspora

Species Fungorum also has Schwanniomyces in the family. ^[3]

References

1. Cannon PF, Kirk PM (2007). Fungal Families of the World. Wallingford, UK: CAB International. pp. 320–21. ISBN   978-0-85199-827-5.
2. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
3. "Schwanniomyces - Search Page". www.speciesfungorum.org. Species Fungorum. Retrieved 22 October 2022.