Family of fungi
| Pichiaceae | |
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| Colonies of Brettanomyces bruxellensis on agar plate containing phloxine B | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Saccharomycetes |
| Order: | Saccharomycetales |
| Family: | Pichiaceae Zender, 1925 |
| Type genus | |
| Pichia Zender | |
| Genera | |
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The Pichiaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales. According to the 2007 Outline of Ascomycota, the family contains four genera, but GBIF lists 15 genera. The family was named by Zender in 1925.
Genera
As listed by GBIF;
- Allodekkera (2)
- Brettanomyces N.H.Claussen ex Custers (5)
- Byrrha
- Dekkera Van der Walt (23)
- Enteroramus R.W.Lichtwardt, M.M.White, M.J.Cafaro & J.K.Misra, 1999
- Hansenula Syd. & P.Syd., 1919 (7)
- Issatchenkia Kudryavtsev (37)
- Komagataella Y.Yamada, M.Matsuda, K.Maeda & Mikata, 1995 (21)
- Kregervanrija Kurtzman (7)
- Martiniozyma Kurtzman, 2015 (5)
- Nakazawaea Y.Yamada, K.Maeda & Mikata (31)
- Phaffomyces Y.Yamada, 1997 (6)
- Pichia E.C.Hansen, 1904 (155)
- Saturnispora Z.Liu & Kurtzman (40)
- Willia Groenewege, 1920
Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.
References
- Lumbsch TH, Huhndorf SM. (December 2007). "Outline of Ascomycota – 2007". Myconet. 13. Chicago, USA: The Field Museum, Department of Botany: 1–58.
- ^ "Pichiaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
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