These molecular techniques demonstrate that fission yeast Schiz. In 1893, P. Lindner was the first to describe fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe. He isolated the yeast from East African beer, and chose as its epithet the Swahili word for beer, pombe. Sloof demonstrated that this strain of arrack yeast was a heterothallic strain of Schiz. I chose the name Schizosaccharomyces on the one hand to give a meaningful expression to the essential difference that exists from a morphological standpoint in relation to the genus Saccharomyces, and, on the other hand, to take into account the common characteristics such as spore formation and fermentation capacity.
Division takes place along a transverse membrane that forms in the middle.
The released ends round off, but the daughter cells nevertheless remain linked to each other at an angle. If the unfortunate name 'pombe' did not have priority, its replacement with 'tetrasporus' would be very desirable. A good name is not a matter of indifference, especially when, as in this case, we are dealing with an organism of high scientific importance. All rights reserved. See Disclaimer statement.