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Definition of Family Saccharomycetaceae
1. Noun. Family of fungi comprising the typical yeasts: reproduce by budding and ferment carbohydrates.
Generic synonyms: Fungus Family
Group relationships: Endomycetales, Order Endomycetales
Member holonyms: Genus Saccharomyces, Saccharomyces
Lexicographical Neighbors of Family Saccharomycetaceae
Literary usage of Family Saccharomycetaceae
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Proceedings of the Iowa Academy of Science by Iowa Academy of Science (1890)
"The true yeasts, those which produce ascospores and form no mycelium, are placed
in the family Saccharomycetaceae, ..."
2. Moulds, Mildews, and Mushrooms: A Guide to the Systematic Study of the Fungi by Lucien Marcus Underwood (1899)
"The relation of the various forms of yeast to the process of brewing has become
a subject of special study. Besides the family Saccharomycetaceae, ..."
3. Journal of Applied Microscopy by Bausch & Lomb Optical Company (1903)
"Family, Saccharomycetaceae. To obtain yeast plants in active, vegetative condition,
take a piece of ordinary dry yeast cake and put it in a glass of water ..."
4. Essentials of College Botany by Charles Edwin Bessey, Ernst Athearn Bessey (1914)
"Yeast-plants are, therefore, to be considered as greatly sim- FIG. 100.—Sac-
plified Sac-fungi, and they are members of the family Saccharomycetaceae (of ..."
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