Schizosaccharomyces is a genus of fission yeasts. The most well-studied species is S. pombe. At present four Schizosaccharomyces species have been described (S. pombe, S. japonicus, S. octosporus and S. cryophilus). Like the distantly related Saccharomyces cerevisiae, S. pombe is a significant model organism in the study of eukaryotic cell biology...
A genus of ascomycetous fungi of the family saccharomycetaceae, order endomycetales comprising the fission yeasts. ... (12 Dec 1998) ... 
[n] - type and only genus of Schizosaccharomycetaceae
genus Schizosaccharomyces noun type and only genus of Schizosaccharomycetaceae; comprises the fission yeasts