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Pachysolen (fungus)

Pachysolen tannophilus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Fungi
Phylum: Ascomycota
Class: Saccharomycetes
Order: Saccharomycetales
Family: Saccharomycetaceae
Genus: Pachysolen
Species: P. tannophilus
Binomial name
Pachysolen tannophilus
Boidin & Adzet (1957)
Synonyms

Pachysolen pelliculatus Boidin & Adzet (1957)
Hansenula tannophila (Boidin & Azet) Campbell (1973)


Pachysolen pelliculatus Boidin & Adzet (1957)
Hansenula tannophila (Boidin & Azet) Campbell (1973)

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

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.



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