Schizosaccharomyces

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A single-celled yeast used in lab studies and making food and drink

noun
/ˌskɪtsoʊsæˈkɛrəˌmaɪsiːz/

Specialized

: schizosacárido

Schizosaccharomyces pombe is often used in research to study cell division.

Examples

Unlike budding yeasts, Schizosaccharomyces reproduces by fission.
Researchers isolated Schizosaccharomyces from a sample of fermenting tea.
The Schizosaccharomyces genus is crucial for fermentation research.
Researchers are studying Schizosaccharomyces for its unique properties.
Schizosaccharomyces pombe is often used in research to study cell division.
Researchers isolated Schizosaccharomyces from a sample of fermenting tea.
The Schizosaccharomyces genus is crucial for fermentation research.

Surface Forms

Schizosaccharomyces singular

Schizosaccharomyceses plural

Morphology

Schizosaccharomyces = Saccharomyces (opaque) = schizo + saccharomyces

Although formed by a recognizable combining prefix added to an existing genus name, the Latinized scientific formation is not transparent to average B1 learners unfamiliar with Greek/Latin combining forms.

Etymology

Schizosaccharomyces breaks into three parts: schizo- 'split', saccharo- 'sugar', and -myces 'fungus'. So it means a 'sugar fungus that splits'. That fits this yeast because it eats sugar and makes more of itself by splitting, and that is why scientists use it in fermentation and research.