Saccharomycotina | |
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Candida albicans | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Fungi |
Division: | Ascomycota |
Subdivision: |
Saccharomycotina O.E. Erikss. & Winka 1997 |
Classes | |
Saccharomycotina is a subdivision of the division 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.
The only class in this subdivision is Saccharomycetes.
It includes the well-known baker's yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae and the genus Candida which infects humans.