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Saccharomycotina
Subdivision of fungi / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Saccharomycotina is a subdivision (subphylum) of the division (phylum) Ascomycota in the kingdom Fungi.[2][3] It comprises most of the ascomycete yeasts. The members of Saccharomycotina reproduce by budding and they do not produce ascocarps (fruiting bodies).[2][4]
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
(unranked): | Saccharomyceta |
Subdivision: | Saccharomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka 1997[1] |
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The subdivision includes a single class: Saccharomycetes, which again contains a single order: Saccharomycetales.[2][3]
Notable members of Saccharomycotina are the baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the genus Candida that includes several human pathogens.