Saccharomyces florentinus

Saccharomyces florentinus is a yeast which was previously known as Saccharomyces pyriformis.

Saccharomyces florentinus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Saccharomycetaceae
Genus:	Saccharomyces
Species:	S. florentinus
Binomial name
Saccharomyces florentinus (T. Castelli ex Kudryavtsev) Lodder & Kreger, (1952)

It is a component of the ginger beer plant used in the making of traditional ginger beer.^[1]