Saccharomycomorpha
Saccharomycomorpha
Genus of yeast-like protists
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]