Saccharomycodes

Saccharomycodes
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Saccharomycodaceae
Genus:	Saccharomycodes
Species
	Saccharomycodes ludwigii ; Saccharomycodes sinensis ;

Last updated May 24, 2025

Saccharomycodes is a genus of yeasts. They are helobiallly reproducing yeasts. The type species is Saccharomycodes ludwigii. The other species, Saccharomycodes sinensis, is known from a single strain that was isolated from soil from a forest on Mount Chienfang on Hainan in China. It is the sister genus of Hanseniaspora .^[1]

Relationships with humans

The species Saccharomycodes lugwigii is considered a "spoilage" yeast in the winemaking process and is commonly referred to as the "winemaker's nightmare".^[2] It has a high polluting capacity, beginning at one to two cells per liter. It has a high tolerance for sulfur dioxide, high sugar levels, and pressurized carbon dioxide and is difficult to eradicated from an already contaminated environment.^[3] It produces high levels of secondary metabolites, including isobutanol, amyl alcohol, and isoamyl alcohol.

References

↑ Boundy-Mills, Kyria; Stratford, Malcolm; Miller, Martin W. (2011-01-01), Kurtzman, Cletus P.; Fell, Jack W.; Boekhout, Teun (eds.), "Chapter 62 - Saccharomycodes E.C. Hansen (1904)" , The Yeasts (Fifth Edition), London: Elsevier, pp. 747–750, doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-52149-1.00062-8, ISBN 978-0-444-52149-1 , retrieved 2022-12-16
↑ Vejarano, Ricardo (September 2018). "Saccharomycodes ludwigii, Control and Potential Uses in Winemaking Processes". Fermentation. 4 (3): 71. doi: 10.3390/fermentation4030071 . hdl: 11537/32301 . ISSN 2311-5637.
↑ STRATFORD, MALCOLM; MORGAN, PHILIP; ROSE, ANTHONY H.YR 1987 (1987). "Sulphur Dioxide Resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomycodes ludwigii". Microbiology. 133 (8): 2173–2179. doi: 10.1099/00221287-133-8-2173 . ISSN 1465-2080.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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[1] Boundy-Mills, Kyria; Stratford, Malcolm; Miller, Martin W. (2011-01-01), Kurtzman, Cletus P.; Fell, Jack W.; Boekhout, Teun (eds.), "Chapter 62 - Saccharomycodes E.C. Hansen (1904)" , The Yeasts (Fifth Edition), London: Elsevier, pp. 747–750, doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-52149-1.00062-8, ISBN 978-0-444-52149-1 , retrieved 2022-12-16

[2] Vejarano, Ricardo (September 2018). "Saccharomycodes ludwigii, Control and Potential Uses in Winemaking Processes". Fermentation. 4 (3): 71. doi: 10.3390/fermentation4030071 . hdl: 11537/32301 . ISSN 2311-5637.

[3] STRATFORD, MALCOLM; MORGAN, PHILIP; ROSE, ANTHONY H.YR 1987 (1987). "Sulphur Dioxide Resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomycodes ludwigii". Microbiology. 133 (8): 2173–2179. doi: 10.1099/00221287-133-8-2173 . ISSN 1465-2080.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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