| Point of distinction |
Yeast |
Mold |
| Structure |
Yeast are mostly unicellular and exist in either individually or with buds growing on them |
Mold are multicellular with tubular and filamentous hyphae |
| Structural Appearance |
Round or oval shaped |
Thread like filamentous |
| Color appearance |
Dull color and mostly monochromatic |
Wide variety of coloration |
| Habitat or Occurance |
Most occur naturally in soil or ocean |
Occur in any organic environment having moist and humid atmosphere |
| Types |
More than 1500 types |
More than 400000 types |
| Tolerance to environmental condition |
More tolerate to drying |
Less tolerate to harse whether condition |
| Method of reproduction |
Mainly by budding or binary fission |
Mainly by spore formation (sexual and asexual spore both) |
| Application or uses |
Use in industries for ethanol production, baking, food additive or flavor etc |
Used in biodegradation, bioremediation as well as in antibiotic production |
| Oxygen requirement |
Aerobic and facultative anaerobes |
Strictly aerobic (obligate aerobes) |
| Examples |
Saccharomyces cerevisiae, Candida albicans, Cryptococcus neoformans |
Rhizopus, Mold, Penicillium, Aspergillus |
