Saccharomycotina

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image_width = 200px
image_caption = "Candida albicans"
regnum = Fungi
phylum = Ascomycota
subphylum = Saccharomycotina
subphylum_authority = O.E. Erikss. & Winka 1997 [cite journal | author = Eriksson, O.E. & K. Winka | year = 1997 | title = Supraordinal taxa of "Ascomycota" | journal = Myconet | volume = 1 | pages = 1–16]
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Saccharomycetes

Saccharomycotina is a subphylum of the phylum Ascomycota (fungi which form their sexual spores in sac-like asci), and consists of yeasts - they form no ascocarps (fruiting bodies), their asci are naked, and they can reproduce asexually by budding. [See [http://www.palaeos.com/Fungi/Ascomycota/Ascomycota.html the Ascomycota article on the Paleos site] for a definition and explanation of Saccharomycotina.]

The only class in this subphylum is Saccharomycetes.See for instance the "Systema Naturae" 2000 classification or the O. E. Eriksson (2006) classification in [http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/Taxonomicon/TaxonTree.aspx?id=695880 Taxonomicon] for the taxonomic tree. Other classification systems do not necessarily recognize the subphylum level, for instance [http://www.indexfungorum.org/Names/genusrecord.asp?RecordID=163963 Index Fungorum] puts Saccharomycetes directly as a daughter of Ascomycota.]

It includes the well-known Baker's Yeast "Saccharomyces cerevisiae" and the genus "Candida" which infects humans.

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