Saccharomycomorpha | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Clade: | Diaphoretickes |
Clade: | SAR |
Phylum: | Cercozoa |
Class: | Sarcomonadea |
Order: | Glissomonadida |
Family: | Saccharomycomorphidae Feng, He, Jiang, Zhang & Yu, 2021 |
Genus: | Saccharomycomorpha Feng, He, Jiang, Zhang & Yu, 2021 |
Species: | S. psychra
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Binomial name | |
Saccharomycomorpha psychra Feng, He, Jiang, Zhang & Yu, 2021[1]
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Type strain | |
CPCC 300049 |
Saccharomycomorpha is a genus of non-flagellated protists with a rare yeast-like appearance, containing the single species Saccharomycomorpha psychra. It is the only genus of the family Saccharomycomorphidae, within the cercozoan order Glissomonadida.[1] Before its description in 2021 it was known as clade T, recovered from environmental DNA in previous phylogenetic analyses.[2]