AnAge entry for Schizosaccharomyces pombe
Classification (HAGRID: 04243)
- Taxonomy
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Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Schizosaccharomycetes
Order: Schizosaccharomycetales
Family: Schizosaccharomycetaceae
Genus: Schizosaccharomyces
- Species
- Schizosaccharomyces pombe
- Common name
- Fission yeast
Lifespan, ageing, and relevant traits
- Maximum longevity
- Not yet established
- Observations
These organisms undergo replicative senescence and, like in Baker's yeast (Saccharomyces cerevisiae), it is possible to measure chronological and replicative lifespan.
Life history traits (averages)
- No information is available on life history. Please contact us if you wish to suggest or contribute data.
Metabolism
No information on metabolism is available.
Species in other databases
References
- [1129] Coelho et al. (2013), Fission yeast does not age under favorable conditions, but does so after stress (PubMed)
- [0878] Chen and Runge (2009), A new Schizosaccharomyces pombe chronological lifespan assay reveals that caloric restriction promotes efficient cell cycle exit and extends longevity (PubMed)
- [0772] Barker and Walmsley (1999), Replicative ageing in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe (PubMed)
External Resources
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System
- Animal Diversity Web
- ADW account (if available)
- Encyclopaedia of Life
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- NCBI Taxonomy
- Taxonomy ID 4896
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- Ageing Literature
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