Saccharomycetales
Encyclopedia
Saccharomycetales is an order in the kingdom of fungi that comprises the budding yeast
s and includes twelve families
.
included within the order, but of uncertain taxonomic position (incertae sedis
) include Ascobotryozyma
, Hyphopichia
, Kodamaea
, Nakazawaea
, Phaffomyces
, Starmera
, Starmerella
, and Yamadazyma
.
Yeast
Yeasts are eukaryotic micro-organisms classified in the kingdom Fungi, with 1,500 species currently described estimated to be only 1% of all fungal species. Most reproduce asexually by mitosis, and many do so by an asymmetric division process called budding...
s and includes twelve families
Family (biology)
In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...
.
Genera incertae sedis
According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, generaGenus
In biology, a genus is a low-level taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms, which is an example of definition by genus and differentia...
included within the order, but of uncertain taxonomic position (incertae sedis
Incertae sedis
, is a term used to define a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Uncertainty at specific taxonomic levels is attributed by , , and similar terms.-Examples:*The fossil plant Paradinandra suecica could not be assigned to any...
) include Ascobotryozyma
Ascobotryozyma
Ascobotryozyma is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:...
, Hyphopichia
Hyphopichia
Hyphopichia is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:...
, Kodamaea
Kodamaea
Kodamaea is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:...
, Nakazawaea
Nakazawaea
Nakazawaea is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family. This is a monotypic genus, containing the single species Nakazawaea holstii.-External links:*...
, Phaffomyces
Phaffomyces
Phaffomyces is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.-External links:...
, Starmera
Starmera
Starmera is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family....
, Starmerella
Starmerella
Starmerella is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.- External links :...
, and Yamadazyma
Yamadazyma
Yamadazyma is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order. The relationship of this taxon to other taxa within the order is unknown , and it has not yet been placed with certainty into any family.- Species :*Y. acaciae...
.