Saccharomycetaceae
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. The family contains the species Saccharomyces cerevisiae, perhaps the most economically important fungus.
20 branches of this family, most-observed first
Saccharomyces
genusSaccharomyces
Candida
genusCandida
Zygosaccharomyces
genusZygosaccharomyces
Suhomyces
genusSuhomyces
Lachancea
genusLachancea
Kluyveromyces
genusKluyveromyces
Debaryomyces
genusDebaryomyces
Monosporozyma
genusMonosporozyma
Maudiozyma
genusMaudiozyma
Psyllidomyces
genusPsyllidomyces
Zygotorulaspora
genusZygotorulaspora
Kazachstania
genusKazachstania
Cylindricascospora
genusCylindricascospora
Grigorovia
genusGrigorovia
Henningerozyma
genusHenningerozyma
Huiozyma
genusHuiozyma
Jamesozyma
genusJamesozyma
Oligophagozyma
genusOligophagozyma
Sungouiozyma
genusSungouiozyma
Arxiozyma
genusArxiozyma
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 200006.