Phaffomyces

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Phaffomyces

Y. Yamada
Type species
Phaffomyces opuntiae
(Starmer, Phaff, M. Miranda, M.W. Mill. & J.S.F. Barker) Y. Yamada
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Phaffomyces is a genus of fungi within the Saccharomycetales order. [1] It is placed within the Pichiaceae fungi family. [2]

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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.

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References

  1. Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota 2007". Myconet. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany. 13: 1–58.
  2. "Phaffomyces Y.Yamada, 1997". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.