Synonym and Classification Data for Pichia spp.

This genus is an ascomycetous yeast.

Synonyms and Teleomorph-Anamorph Relationships

Hansenula is an obsolete synonym of this genus
Hyphopichia is an obsolete synonym of this genus

Species in this genus

  • Pichia acaciae
  • Pichia alni

    Hansenula alni is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia americana

    Hansenula americana is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    Hansenula bimundalis is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia amethionina
  • Pichia amylophila
  • Pichia angophorae
  • Pichia angusta

    Hansenula angusta is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    Hansenula polymorpha is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia anomala

    Notes: This species has many, many obsolete synonyms. Only a few are shown.

    This species is a teleomorph of Candida pelliculosa
    Candida javanica is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    Endomyces anomalus is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    Hansenula anomala is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    Saccharomyces anomalus is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia antillensis
  • Pichia barkeri
  • Pichia besseyi
  • Pichia bimundalis
  • Pichia bispora

    Hansenula beckii is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia bovis
  • Pichia burtonii (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Hyphopichia burtonii
    Trichosporon variabile is an obsolete synonym of this obsolete species.

  • Pichia cactophila
  • Pichia canadensis

    Hansenula canadensis is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia capsulata

    Hansenula capsulata is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia caribaea
  • Pichia castillae
  • Pichia chambardii
  • Pichia ciferrii

    Hansenula anomala is an obsolete synonym of this species.
    Hansenula ciferrii is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia delftensis
  • Pichia deserticola

    This species is a teleomorph of Candida deserticola

  • Pichia dryadoides

    Hansenula dryadoides is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia etchellsii (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Debaryomyces etchellsii

  • Pichia euphorbiae

    This species is a teleomorph of Candida euphorbiae

  • Pichia euphorbiiphila

    This species is a teleomorph of Candida euphorbiiphila
    Hansenula euphorbiiphila is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia fabianii

    This species is a teleomorph of Candida fabianii
    Hansenula fabianii is an obsolete synonym of this species.

  • Pichia faecalis (obsolete)

    This obsolete species is a synonym of Debaryomyces etchellsii

  • Pichia farinosa
  • Pichia fermentans

    This species is a teleomorph of the obsolete species Candida lambica

  • Pichia finlandica
  • Pichia fluxuum
  • Pichia galaeiformis
  • Pichia glucozyma
  • Pichia guilliermondii

    This species is a teleomorph of Candida guilliermondii var. guilliermondii

  • Pichia hampshirensis
  • Pichia haplophila
  • Pichia heedii
  • Pichia heimii
  • Pichia henricii
  • Pichia holstii
  • Pichia inositovora
  • Pichia jadinii

    This species is a synonym of Candida utilis

  • Pichia japonica
  • Pichia kluyveri
  • Pichia kodamae
  • Pichia lynferdii
  • Pichia maganishii
  • Pichia media
  • Pichia membranifaciens
  • Pichia methanolica
  • Pichia methylivoria
  • Pichia mexicana
  • Pichia meyerae
  • Pichia minuta
  • Pichia mississippiensis
  • Pichia nakasei
  • Pichia nakazawae
  • Pichia norvegensis

    This species is a teleomorph of Candida norvegensis

  • Pichia ofunaensis
  • Pichia ohmeri

    This species is a teleomorph of Candida guilliermondii var. membranaefaciens

  • Pichia onychis
  • Pichia opuntiae
  • Pichia pastoris
  • Pichia petersonii
  • Pichia philodendri
  • Pichia philogaea
  • Pichia pijperi
  • Pichia pini
  • Pichia populi
  • Pichia pseudocactophila
  • Pichia quercuum
  • Pichia rabaulensis
  • Pichia rhodanensis
  • Pichia salicaria
  • Pichia scolyti
  • Pichia segobiensis
  • Pichia silvicola
  • Pichia spartinae
  • Pichia stipitis
  • Pichia strasburgensis
  • Pichia subpelliculosa
  • Pichia sydowiorum
  • Pichia tannicola
  • Pichia thermotolerans
  • Pichia toletana
  • Pichia trehalophila
  • Pichia triangularis
  • Pichia veronae
  • Pichia wickerhamii
  • Pichia xylosa