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Yeast: The Unicellular Fungal Form

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A yeast is a unicellular fungus reproducing by budding or fission rather than hyphal growth; some species switch between yeast and hyphal forms.

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Saccharomyces cerevisiae grows as budding yeast cells, while a dimorphic fungus like Candida can shift to a hyphal form.

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"Yeast" names a growth form, not one taxonomic group — unicellular forms appear scattered across multiple fungal phyla.