Phaffomyces is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order.[1] It is placed within the Pichiaceae fungi family.[2]
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| Genus: | Phaffomyces Y. Yamada
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| Phaffomyces opuntiae (Starmer, Phaff, M. Miranda, M.W. Mill. & J.S.F. Barker) Y. Yamada
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The genus name of Phaffomyces is in honour of Herman Jan Phaff (1913–2001),[3] who was a scientist who specialised in the ecology of yeast.[4]
The genus was circumscribed by Yuzo Yamada in Bull. Fac. Agric. Shizuoka Univ. vol.47 on page 30 in 1997.
Species
editAs accepted by GBIF;
- Phaffomyces antillensis (Starmer, Phaff, Tredick, M.Miranda & V.Aberdeen) Y.Yamada, H.Kawas., Nagats., Mikata & T.Seki
- Phaffomyces opuntiae (Starmer, Phaff, M.Miranda, M.W.Mill. & J.S.F.Barker) Y.Yamada
- Phaffomyces thermotolerans (Starmer, Phaff, M.Miranda, M.W.Mill. & J.S.F.Barker) Y.Yamada & Higashi
- Phaffomyces usticensis C.Carvalho, Settanni, J.P.Samp. & Moschetti
References
edit- ^ Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
- ^ "Phaffomyces Y.Yamada, 1997". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
- ^ Phaff, H. J. (1986). "My Life With Yeasts". Annual Review of Microbiology. 40: 1–28. doi:10.1146/annurev.mi.40.100186.000245. PMID 3535641.
- ^ Burkhardt, Lotte (2022). Eine Enzyklopädie zu eponymischen Pflanzennamen [Encyclopedia of eponymic plant names] (pdf) (in German). Berlin: Botanic Garden and Botanical Museum, Freie Universität Berlin. doi:10.3372/epolist2022. ISBN 978-3-946292-41-8. Retrieved January 27, 2022.
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