Table 4.

The phenotypic characteristics of different genera and clades in Saccharomycetaceae.

Taxon	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16
Eremothecium	v	v	v	+	v	v	v	+	+	v	v	n	n	n	n	n
Kluyveromyces	v	v	v	v	v	+	v	v	v	v	v	+	+	+	v	v
Lachancea	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	+	v	v
Saccharomyces	v	+	v	v	+	v	v	v	v	v	–	–	–	v	n	n
Nakaseomyces bacillisporus	–	v	–	n	v	–	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Nakaseomyces s.str.	–	–	–	–	–	–	v	–	v	–	–	–	–	–	–	–
Naumovozyma	+	–	–	v	–	+	v	–	v	–	–	–	–	–	v	–
exigua clade	v	v	v	v	v	v	+	v	v	v	–	v	v	v	v	v
spencerorum clade	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v
Arxiozyma clade	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	n	n	n	n	n
Grigorovia clade	+	–	–	–	–	+	v	–	–	–	–	v	v	v	v	v
unispora clade	+	–	–	v	v	v	v	–	v	v	–	v	v	v	v	v
naganishii clade	+	v	+	v	+	v	+	–	v	–	–	v	v	v	–	–
intestinalis clade	v	v	n	v	v	+	v	v	v	v	–	–	v	–	n	+
Torulaspora	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	v	–	n	n	v	–
Zygosaccharomyces	–	v	–	v	v	v	v	v	+	v	v	n	n	n	n	v
Zygotorulaspora	v	+	+	+	+	v	v	v	v	+	+	n	n	n	+	+
Vanderwaltozyma	v	v	v	v	v	+	v	–	v	–	–	–	–	–	v	v
Tetrapisispora	v	–	–	v	–	+	v	–	v	–	–	–	–	–	v	–
Yueomyces	+	–	–	–	–	+	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	n	–	–

1: Fermentation of galactose; 2: fermentation of sucrose; 3: fermentation of raffinose; 4: sucrose; 5: raffinose; 6: galactose; 7: trehalose; 8: maltose; 9: glycerol; 10: D-mannitol; 11: D-glucitol; 12: cadaverine; 13: L-lysine; 14: ethylamine; 15: 0.01 % cycloheximide; 16: 0.1 % cycloheximide.

Abbreviations: + = positive; &x2013; = negative; v = variable; n = not available.