Saccharomycetales

Saccharomycetales

Saccharomyces cerevisiae under DIC microscopy
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Subdivision:	Saccharomycotina
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales Kudryatsev (1960)^[1]
Families
Alloascoideaceae Ascoideaceae Cephaloascaceae Debaryomycetaceae Dipodascaceae Endomycetaceae Eremotheciaceae Lipomycetaceae Metschnikowiaceae Pichiaceae Saccharomycetaceae Saccharomycodaceae Saccharomycopsidaceae Trichomonascaceae Wickerhamomycetaceae

The Saccharomycetales are an order in the kingdom of fungi that comprises the budding yeasts and includes 15 families.

Etymology

The name comes from the Greek word σάκχαρον (sákkharon), meaning "sugar" and μύκης (mukēs) meaning "fungus".

According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, genera included within the order, but of uncertain taxonomic position (incertae sedis) include Ascobotryozyma, Hyphopichia, Kodamaea, Nakazawaea, Phaffomyces, Starmera, Starmerella, and Yamadazyma.^[2]

↑ Kudryatsev, V. (1960). Die Systematik der Hefen (in German). Berlin: Akademie Verlag.
↑ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.

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