Bandonia marina

Bandonia marina is a species of fungus in the family Tetragoniomycetaceae, first described as Candida marina in 1962. It is currently the only species in the monotypic genus Bandonia.^[1] The species is a marine yeast and is one of the microorganisms that feed on and decompose tarballs in the ocean.^[2]

Bandonia marina
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Basidiomycota
Class:	Tremellomycetes
Order:	Trichosporonales
Family:	Tetragoniomycetaceae
Genus:	Bandonia Yurkov, Xin Zhan Liu, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
Species:	B. marina
Binomial name
Bandonia marina (Uden & Zobell) Yurkov, Xin Zhan Liu, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015)
Synonyms
Candida marina Uden & Zobell (1962) Cryptococcus marinus (Uden & Zobell) Golubev (1981) Vanrija marina (Uden & Zobell) R.T. Moore (1987)