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  2. Saccharomycetes are known for being able to comprise a monophyletic lineage with a single order of about 1,000 known species. These yeasts live as decomposers, feeding on dead and decaying wood, leaves, litter, and other organic matter.

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  3. Sep 13, 2010 · Description and Significance. The genus Saccharomyces are unicellular fungi, or "yeasts." The name Saccharomyces means "sugar fungus." S. cerevesiae is also known as brewer's yeast for brewing beer. Many signalling pathways of universal importance in eukaryotes were first discovered in Saccharomyces.

  4. Saccharomyces, genus of yeasts belonging to the family Saccharomycetaceae (phylum Ascomycota, kingdom Fungi). An outstanding characteristic of members of Saccharomyces is their ability to convert sugar into carbon dioxide and alcohol by means of enzymes.

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  5. Saccharomycetes. Saccharomyces is an ascomycetous genus of yeast characterized by round to oval multilateral budding yeast cells and short, rudimentary (occasionally well-developed) pseudohyphae. From: Clinical Mycology (Second Edition), 2009

  6. Mar 20, 2020 · Saccharomyces cerevisiae is the most extensively studied yeast and, over the last century, provided insights on the physiology, genetics, cellular biology and molecular mechanisms of eukaryotes.

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