saccharomycetes, n. pl.
(ˌsækərəʊmaɪˈsiːtiːz, -ts)
[mod.L., f. generic name saccharomyces (J. Meyen 1838, in Archiv für Naturgeschichte IV. ii. 100) + mycetes.]
A group name for yeasts, esp. those now included in the family Saccharomycetaceæ.
| 1884 W. B. Grove Synopsis Bacteria & Yeast Fungi ii. 57 The saccharomycetes, or Yeast Fungi, are unicellular plants, which multiply themselves by budding. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXVIII. 560/2 No satisfactory proof has as yet been given that Saccharomycetes are derivable by culture from any higher form. 1906 G. Massee Text-bk. Fungi i. 54 In the Saccharomycetes, or Yeasts, three modes of spore-formation are known. 1958 J. Lodder et al. in A. H. Cook Chem. & Biol. Yeasts i. 13 The fission yeasts were placed in a subfamily of their own,..separated from the Saccharomycetes. |