Phaffomyces
| Phaffomyces | |
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| Genus: | Phaffomyces Y. Yamada |
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| 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. It is placed within the Pichiaceae fungi family.
The genus name of Phaffomyces is in honour of Herman Jan Phaff (1913–2001), who was a scientist who specialised in the ecology of yeast.
The genus was circumscribed by Yuzo Yamada in Bull. Fac. Agric. Shizuoka Univ. vol.47 on page 30 in 1997.