Saccharomycetales belongs to the kingdom of
Fungi
A fungus ( : fungi or funguses) is any member of the group of eukaryotic organisms that includes microorganisms such as yeasts and molds, as well as the more familiar mushrooms. These organisms are classified as a kingdom, separately fr ...
and the division
Ascomycota
Ascomycota is a phylum of the kingdom Fungi that, together with the Basidiomycota, forms the subkingdom Dikarya. Its members are commonly known as the sac fungi or ascomycetes. It is the largest phylum of Fungi, with over 64,000 species. The defi ...
. It is the only order in the class
Saccharomycetes. There are currently 13
families recognized as belonging to Saccharomycetales.
GBIF also includes;
Alloascoideaceae (with 5 genera),
Eremotheciaceae (16)
Trigonopsidaceae (with 36) and
Wickerhamomycetaceae
The Wickerhamomycetaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales that reproduce by budding. Species in the family have a widespread distribution.
Genus ''Wickerhamomyces'' used to be placed within Phaffomycetaceae family, until 200 ...
(with 141 genera).
Genera ''incertae sedis''
According to The Mycota,
genera
Genus ( plural genera ) is a taxonomic rank used in the biological classification of living and fossil organisms as well as viruses. In the hierarchy of biological classification, genus comes above species and below family. In binomial nomenclat ...
included in the order, but of uncertain taxonomic position (''
incertae sedis
' () or ''problematica'' is a term used for a taxonomic group where its broader relationships are unknown or undefined. Alternatively, such groups are frequently referred to as "enigmatic taxa". In the system of open nomenclature, uncertain ...
'') include ''
Ascobotryozyma'' , ''
Babjeviella'', ''
Botryozyma'', ''
Candida'' pro parte, ''
Citeromyces'', ''
Coccidiascus'', ''
Komagataella'', ''
Kuraishia'', ''
Macrorhabdus'' (2), ''
Nadsonia'' , ''
Nakazawaea'', ''
Pachysolen'', ''
Peterozyma'', ''
Schizoblastosporidon'' , ''
Sporopachydermia'', and ''
Trigonopsis''.
GBIF also lists;
''
Actonia'' , ''
Aphidomyces'' (5), ''
Ascotrichosporon'', ''
Azymocandida'', ''
Bacillopsis'' , ''
Berkhoutia'', ''
Blastodendrion'', ''
Cicadomyces'' , ''
Dabaryomyces'' , ''
Deakozyma'' (3), ''
Diutina'' (24), ''
Dolichoascus'' , ''
Enantiothamnus'' , ''
Endomycodes'' , ''
Entelexis'' , ''
Ephebella'' , ''
Eutorulopsis'' , ''
Fragosia'' , ''
Limtongella'', ''
Menezesia'' , ''
Metahyphopichia'', ''
Middelhovenomyces'' (4), ''
Mycotorula'', ''
Oleina'' , ''
Parendomyces'' , ''
Pseudomycoderma'' , ''
Psyllidomyces'' , ''
Sachsia'' , ''
Saturnospora'' , ''
Starmerella'' (103), ''
Suhomyces'' (60), ''
Syringospora'' , ''
Teunomyces'' (22), ''
Thailandia'', ''
Torulopsis'' (26), and ''
Tyridiomyces'' .
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.
References
External links
Tree of Life: Saccharomycetales
Yeasts
Saccharomycetes
Ascomycota orders
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