{{Short description|Family of fungi}} {{Automatic taxobox | name = Saccharomycetaceae | image = S cerevisiae under DIC microscopy.jpg | image_caption = ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'' under DIC microscopy | taxon = Saccharomycetaceae | authority = G.Winter (1881) | type_genus = ''Saccharomyces'' | type_genus_authority = Meyen ex E.C.Hansen (1883) | subdivision_ranks = Genera | subdivision = }}
The '''Saccharomycetaceae''' are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales that reproduce by budding. Species in the family have a cosmopolitan distribution, and are present in a wide variety of habitats, especially those with a plentiful supply of carbohydrate sources.<ref>{{cite book |vauthors=Cannon PF, Kirk PM |title=Fungal Families of the World |publisher=CAB International |location=Wallingford, UK |year=2007 |pages=320–21 |isbn=978-0-85199-827-5}}</ref> The family contains the species ''Saccharomyces cerevisiae'', perhaps the most economically important fungus.{{Citation needed|date=May 2026}}
==Genera== According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, 20 genera are within the family, although for several of these (marked with a question mark below), the placement is uncertain and requires more study.<ref>{{cite journal |vauthors=Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM |date=December 2007 |title=Outline of Ascomycota – 2007 |journal=Myconet |volume=13 |pages=1–58 |url=http://archive.fieldmuseum.org/myconet/outline.asp |publisher=The Field Museum, Department of Botany |location=Chicago, USA}}</ref>{{Dubious|date=May 2026}}
''Brettanomyces''<br /> ''Candida''<br /> ?''Citeromyces''<br /> ?''Cyniclomyces''<br /> ?''Debaryomyces''<br /> ?''Issatchenkia''<br /> ''Kazachstania'' (synonymous with ''Arxiozyma'')<br /> ''Kluyveromyces''<br /> ''Komagataella''<br /> ''Kuraishia''<br /> ''Lachancea''<br /> ?''Lodderomyces''<br /> ''Nakaseomyces''<br /> ?''Pachysolen''<br /> ''Pichia''<br /> ''Saccharomyces''<br /> ''Spathaspora''<br /> ''Tetrapisispora''<br /> ''Vanderwaltozyma''<br /> ''Torulaspora''<br /> ?''Williopsis''<br /> ''Zygosaccharomyces''<br /> ''Zygotorulaspora''
Species Fungorum also has ''Schwanniomyces'' in the family.<ref>{{cite web |title=Schwanniomyces - Search Page |url=http://www.speciesfungorum.org/Names/Names.asp?strGenus=Schwanniomyces |website=www.speciesfungorum.org |publisher=Species Fungorum |access-date=22 October 2022}}</ref>
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Category:Saccharomycetaceae Category:Yeasts Category:Ascomycota families
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