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. 2023 Nov 6;36(4):e00099-22. doi: 10.1128/cmr.00099-22

TABLE 2.

Taxonomic revisions affecting basidiomycete and ascomycete yeasts of medical importance

Previous name Revised name Order Family Reference
Candida bracarensis Nakaseomyces bracarensis Saccharomycetales Saccharomycetaceae 104
Candida catenulata Diutina catenulata Saccharomycetales Metschnikowiaceae 105
Candida fabianii Cyberlindnera fabianii Saccharomycetales Phaffomycetaceae 103
Candida famata Debaryomyces hansenii Saccharomycetales Debaryomycetaceae 106
Candida fermentati Meyerozyma caribbica Saccharomycetales Debaryomycetaceae 97
Candida glabrata Nakaseomyces glabratus Saccharomycetales Saccharomycetaceae 104
Candida haemulonii group II Candida duobushaemulonii Saccharomycetales Metschnikowiaceae 107
Candida inconspicua Pichia cactophila Saccharomycetales Pichiaceae 108
Candida infanticola Wickerhamiella infanticola Saccharomycetales Trichomonascaceae 109
Candida kefyr Kluyveromyces marxianus Saccharomycetales Saccharomycetaceae 99
Candida krusei Pichia kudriavzevii Saccharomycetales Pichiaceae 110
Candida guilliermondii Meyerozyma guilliermondii Saccharomycetales Debaryomycetaceae 97
Candida lambica Pichia fermentans Saccharomycetales Pichiaceae 111
Candida lipolytica Yarrowia lipolytica Saccharomycetales Dipodascaceae 100
Candida lusitaniae Clavispora lusitaniae Saccharomycetales Metschnikowiaceae 101
Candida nivariensis Nakaseomyces nivariensis Saccharomycetales Saccharomycetaceae 104
Candida norvegensis Pichia norvegensis Saccharomycetales Pichiaceae 112
Candida pararugosa Wickerhamiella pararugosa Saccharomycetales Trichomonascaceae 109
Candida pelliculosa Wickerhamomyces anomalus Saccharomycetales Phaffomycetaceae 102
Candida pintolopesii Kazachstania telluris Saccharomycetales Saccharomycetaceae 113
Candida pulcherrima Metschnikowia pulcherrima Saccharomycetales Metschnikowiaceae 114
Candida utilis Cyberlindnera jadinii Saccharomycetales Phaffomycetaceae 103
Cryptococcus albidus Naganishia albida Filobasidiales Filobasidiaceae 115
Cryptococcus curvatus Cutaneotrichosporon curvatum Trichosporonales Trichosporonaceae 115
Cryptococcus diffluens Naganishia diffluens Filobasidiales Filobasidiaceae 115
Rhodotorula minuta Cystobasidium minutum Cystobasidiales Cystobasidiaceae 116
Rhodotorula slooffiae Cystobasidium slooffiae Cystobasidiales Cystobasidiaceae 116
Stephanoascus ciferrii Trichomonascus ciferrii Saccharomycetales Trichomonascaceae 117
Trichosporon cutaneum Cutaneotrichosporon cutaneum Trichosporonales Trichosporonaceae 115
Trichosporon loubieri Apiotrichum loubieri Trichosporonales Trichosporonaceae 115
Trichosporon mucoides Cutaneotrichosporon mucoides Trichosporonales Trichosporonaceae 115
Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans Trichosporonales Trichosporonaceae 115