Phaffomycetaceae

The Phaffomycetaceae are a family of yeasts in the order Saccharomycetales that reproduce by budding. Species in the family have a widespread distribution.

Phaffomycetaceae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Phaffomycetaceae Y. Yamada, H. Kawas., Nagats., Mikata & Tats. Seki, 1999
Genera
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The family are named after Phaffomyces but it was placed in the Pichiaceae fungi family.^[1]

It is found to be linked to Equine grass sickness (EGS) via pasture mycotoxicosis, which comprises a very large and diverse population of fungi.^[2] It is found in silage, including lactic acid bacteria, yeasts and molds.^[3] It is found in fermented Ethiopian honey wine, Tej',^[4] and can affect bagasse (the waste product) of sugarcane, with other yeast fungi.^[5]

Genera

According to GBIF;^[6]

• Cyberlindnera Minter, 2009 (79)
• Komagataella Y.Yamada, M.Matsuda, K.Maeda, C.Sakakibara & K.Mikata, 1995
• Starmera Y.Yamada, Higashi, S.Ando & Mikata (22)
• Zygowilliopsis

Figures in brackets are approx. how many species per genus.

Genus Wickerhamomyces used to be placed within Phaffomycetaceae, until 2008 when it was separated and placed within its own order Wickerhamomycetaceae.^[7]

References

1. "Phaffomyces Y.Yamada, 1997". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
2. McGorum, Bruce C.; Chen, Zihao; Glendinning, Laura; Gweon, Hyun S.; Hunt, Luanne; Ivens, Alasdair; Keen, John A.; Scott Pirie, R.; Taylor, Joanne; Wilkinson, Toby; McLachlan, Gerry (2021). "Equine grass sickness (a multiple systems neuropathy) is associated with alterations in the gastrointestinal mycobiome". Animal Microbiome. 3 (70). doi:10.1186/s42523-021-00131-2. PMC 8501654. PMID 34627407.
3. Drouin, Pascal; Ferrero, Francesco (December 2020). "Testing selectivity of bacterial and fungal culture media compared to original silage samples using next generation sequencing". Journal of Microbiological Methods. 179. doi:10.1016/j.mimet.2020.106088. PMID 33091456.
4. Fentie, Eskindir Getachew; Jeong, Minsoo; Emire, Shimelis Admassu; Demsash, Hundessa Dessalegn; Kim, Min A.; Jeon, Hwang-Ju; Lee, Sung-Eun; Tagele, Setu Bazie; Park, Yeong-Jun; Shin, Jae-Ho (June 2022). "Microbiome dataset of spontaneously fermented Ethiopian honey wine, Tej". Data in Brief. 42. Bibcode:2022DIB....4208022F. doi:10.1016/j.dib.2022.108022. PMC 8933813. PMID 35313500.
5. Peng, Na; Yao, Ziting; Wang, Ziting; Huang, Jiangfeng; Khan, Muhammad Tahir; Chen, Baoshan; Zhang, Muqing (2021). "Fungal deterioration of the bagasse storage from the harvested sugarcane". Biotechnology for Biofuels. 14 (152): 152. doi:10.1186/s13068-021-02004-x. PMC 8254370. PMID 34215313.
6. "Phaffomycetaceae". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
7. Kurtzman, Cletus P. (2011). "Chapter 80 - Wickerhamomyces Kurtzman, Robnett & Basehoar-Powers (2008)". The Yeasts (5 ed.). pp. 899–917.

Other sources

• Kurtzman, C. P., C. J. Robnett, and E. Basehoar-Powers. 2008. Phylogenetic relationships among species of Pichia, Issatchenkia and Williopsis determined from multigene sequence analysis, and the proposal of Barnettozyma gen. nov., Lindnera gen. nov. and Wickerhamomyces gen. nov. FEMS Yeast Res 8:939-54.