Pichia heedii

Pichia heedii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Fungi
Phylum:	Ascomycota
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Saccharomycetaceae
Genus:	Pichia
Species:	P. heedii
Binomial name
	Pichia heedii; Phaff, Starmer, M. Miranda & M.W. Mill.

Pichia heedii is a species of yeast in the family Saccharomycetaceae. Described in 1978, it was found growing on a dead senita cactus plant (Lophocereus schottii) in the Sonoran Desert of Baja California, Mexico. The species was named to honor William B. Heed and his contributions to the study of desert-adapted yeasts.[1]

References

Phaff HJ, Starmer WT, Miranda M, Miller MW (1978). "Pichia heedii, a new species of yeast indigenous to necrotic cacti in the North American Sonoran Desert". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 28 (2): 326–31. doi:10.1099/00207713-28-2-326.

External links

Pichia heedii in MycoBank.

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[Pfaff1978-1] Phaff HJ, Starmer WT, Miranda M, Miller MW (1978). "Pichia heedii, a new species of yeast indigenous to necrotic cacti in the North American Sonoran Desert". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 28 (2): 326–31. doi:10.1099/00207713-28-2-326.