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Genus of fungi
Saccharomycodes
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Fungi
Division: Ascomycota
Class: Saccharomycetes
Order: Saccharomycetales
Family: Saccharomycodaceae
Genus: Saccharomycodes
Species

Saccharomycodes is a genus of yeasts. They are helobiallly reproducing yeasts. The type species is Saccharomycodes ludwigii. The other species, Saccharomycodes sinensis, is known from a single strain that was isolated from soil from a forest on Mount Chienfang on Hainan in China. It is the sister genus of Hanseniaspora.

Relationships with humans

The species Saccharomycodes lugwigii is considered a "spoilage" yeast in the winemaking process and is commonly referred to as the "winemaker's nightmare". It has a high polluting capacity, beginning at one to two cells per liter. It has a high tolerance for sulfur dioxide, high sugar levels, and pressurized carbon dioxide and is difficult to eradicated from an already contaminated environment. It produces high levels of secondary metabolites, including isobutanol, amyl alcohol, and isoamyl alcohol.

References

  1. Boundy-Mills, Kyria; Stratford, Malcolm; Miller, Martin W. (2011-01-01), Kurtzman, Cletus P.; Fell, Jack W.; Boekhout, Teun (eds.), "Chapter 62 - Saccharomycodes E.C. Hansen (1904)", The Yeasts (Fifth Edition), London: Elsevier, pp. 747–750, doi:10.1016/b978-0-444-52149-1.00062-8, ISBN 978-0-444-52149-1, retrieved 2022-12-16
  2. Vejarano, Ricardo (September 2018). "Saccharomycodes ludwigii, Control and Potential Uses in Winemaking Processes". Fermentation. 4 (3): 71. doi:10.3390/fermentation4030071. hdl:11537/32301. ISSN 2311-5637.
  3. STRATFORD, MALCOLM; MORGAN, PHILIP; ROSE, ANTHONY H.YR 1987 (1987). "Sulphur Dioxide Resistance in Saccharomyces cerevisiae and Saccharomycodes ludwigii". Microbiology. 133 (8): 2173–2179. doi:10.1099/00221287-133-8-2173. ISSN 1465-2080.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Taxon identifiers
Saccharomycodes


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