Pachysolen tannophilus

Pachysolen is a genus of yeast discovered from sulfite liquor by Boidin and Adzet (1957) and isolated by Wickerham (1970).^[2]

Pachysolen tannophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Pichiomycetes
Order:	Alaninales
Family:	Pachysolenaceae
Genus:	Pachysolen
Species:	P. tannophilus
Binomial name
Pachysolen tannophilus Boidin & Adzet (1957)
Synonyms[1]
Pachysolen pelliculatus Boidin & Adzet (1957) Hansenula tannophila (Boidin & Azet) Campbell (1973)

The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Pachysolen tannophilus, the first yeast identified to have a high capacity for production of ethanol from xylose.