Phaffomyces
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| Phaffomyces | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Ascomycota |
| Class: | Saccharomycetes |
| Order: | Phaffomycetales |
| Family: | Phaffomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Phaffomyces Y. Yamada |
| Type species | |
| 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 Phaffomycetales order.[1] It is placed within the Phaffomycetaceae fungi family.[2]
The genus name of Phaffomyces is in honour of Herman Jan Phaff (1913–2001),[3] who was a scientist who specialised in the ecology of yeast.[4]
The genus was circumscribed by Yuzo Yamada in Bull. Fac. Agric. Shizuoka Univ. vol.47 on page 30 in 1997.
