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Saccharomyces
/ săk′ə-rō-mī′sēz′ /
- See under yeast
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Saccharomycetaceae include the well-known yeasts which belong mainly to the genus Saccharomyces.
The yeast, to which he gave the name Saccharomyces (Torula) keffir, forms small oval or roundish cells 2-3 µ wide and 3-5 µ long.
This plant received the name of "Zuckerpilz" or sugar fungus (which has been perpetuated in the generic term Saccharomyces).
These investigators regarded yeast as a plant, and Meyer gave to the germs the systematic name of “Saccharomyces” (sugar fungus).
It is supposed by some that Saccharomyces is a very degraded Ascomycete, in which the Torula condition has become fixed.
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