Table 2. Species introduced by van der Walt and co-authors.
| Year | Species name | Authors | Type strains of South African source | Type strains from other source | Present status of the type strain1 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956 | Kluyveromyces africanus | Van der Walt | Soil | = Kazachstania africana | |
| Saccharomyces transvaalensis | Van der Walt | Soil | = Kazachstania transvaalensis | ||
| Saccharomyces delphensis | Van der Walt & Tscheuschner | Dried figs | = Nakaseomyces delphensis | ||
| Saccharomyces capensis | Van der Walt & Tscheuschner | Soil | = Saccharomyces cerevisiae | ||
| Pichia vanriji (= P. vanrijiae) | Van der Walt & Tscheuschner | Soil | = Schwanniomyces vanrijiae var. Vanrijiae | ||
| Saccharomyces pretoriensis | Van der Walt & Tscheuschner | Soil | = Torulaspora pretoriensis | ||
| Kluyveromyces polysporus | Van der Walt | Soil | = Vanderwaltozyma polyspora | ||
| 1957 | Hanseniaspora vineae | Van der Walt & Tscheuschner | Soil | Recognized | |
| Saccharomyces telluris | Van der Walt | Soil | = Kazachstania telluris | ||
| Hansenula beijerinckii | Van der Walt | Soil | = Lindnera saturnus | ||
| Saccharomyces lodderae | Van der Walt & Tscheuschner | Soil | = Kazachstania lodderae | ||
| Pichia terricola | Van der Walt | Soil | Recognized | ||
| Pichia pijperi | Van der Walt & Tscheuschner | Buttermilk | = Wickerhamomyces pijperi | ||
| Candida natalensis | Van der Walt & Tscheuschner | Soil | Recognized | ||
| 1959 | Endomycopsis wickerhamii | Van der Walt | Insect frass | = Barnettozyma wickerhamii | |
| Pichia robertsii (= P.robertsiae) | Van der Walt | Insect | = Debaryomyces robertsiae | ||
| Endomyces reessii | Van der Walt | water-rotted Hibiscus cannabis, Indonesia | = Galactomyces reessii | ||
| 1960 | Torulopsis domercqii (=T. domerqiae) | Van der Walt & Kerken | Wine vat | = Wickerhamiella domerqiae | |
| 1961 | Brettanomyces custersianus | Van der Walt | Brewery | Recognized | |
| Torulopsis vanzylii | Van der Walt & Kerken | Equipment of wine making | = C. norvegica | ||
| Candida ingens | Van der Walt & Kerken | Wine cellar | = Saprochaete ingens | ||
| Torulopsis cantarellii | Van der Walt & Kerken | Industrial grape must | = Trigonopsis cantarellii | ||
| Torulopsis capsuligena | Van der Walt & Kerken | Wine cellar | = Filobasidium capsuligenum | ||
| 1962 | Schwanniomyces persoonii | Van der Walt | Soil | = S. occidentalis var. persoonii | |
| 1963 | Saccharomyces vanudenii | Van der Walt & E.E. Nel | Soil | = Kluyveromyces lactis var. drosophilarum | |
| Fabospora phaffii | Van der Walt | Winery equipment | = Tetrapisispora phaffii | ||
| 1964 | Dekkera bruxellensis | Van der Walt | From Belgian stout, Belgium | Recognized | |
| Dekkera intermedia | Van der Walt | Tea-beer | = Dekkera bruxellensis | ||
| 1965 | Saccharomyces vafer | Van der Walt | Unknown | = Torulspora delbrueckii | |
| Saccharomyces inconspicuus | Van der Walt | Grapes, France | = Torulspora delbrueckii | ||
| Saccharomyces inusitatus | Van der Walt | Beer | Possible hybrid between S. pastorianus and S. bayanus1 | ||
| = Saccharomyces bayanus2 | |||||
| 1966 | Kluyveromyces cicerisporus | Van der Walt, E.E. Nel & Kerken | Unknown | = K. marxianus | |
| Kluyveromyces wikenii | Van der Walt, E.E. Nel & Kerken | Bantu beer | = K. marxianus | ||
| Pichia acaciae | Van der Walt | Insect frass | = Millerozyma acaciae | ||
| 1968 | Candida edax | Van der Walt | Insect tunnels | = Sugiyamaella smithiae | |
| Torulopsis humilis | E.E. Nel & Van der Walt | Bantu beer | = C. humilis | ||
| 1970 | Saccharomyces amurcae | Van der Walt | “Alpechin”, Malaga, Spain | = Lachancea fermentati | |
| Saccharomyces saitoanus | Van der Walt | Sour milk, Japan | = Torulspora delbrueckii | ||
| Hansenula philodendri | Van der Walt & D.B. Scott | Insect frass | = Ogataea philodendri | ||
| Hansenula sydowiorum | D.B. Scott & Van der Walt | Insect frass | = Wickerhamomyces sydowiorum | ||
| Syringospora stellatoidea | Van der Walt | Sputum | = C. albicans | ||
| Syringospora claussenii | Van der Walt | Unknown | = C. albicans | ||
| Aessosporon salmonicolor | Van der Walt | Carious dentine of man | Synonym of Sporidiobolus salmonicolor | ||
| Bullera dendrophila | Van der Walt & D.B. Scott | Insect frass | Recognized | ||
| Sterigmatomyces polyborus | D.B. Scott & Van der Walt | Insect tunnels | = Fellomyces polyborus | ||
| Trichosporon melibiosaceum | D.B. Scott & Van der Walt | Insect frass | = C. fennica | ||
| 1971 | Pichia ambrosiae | Van der Walt & D.B. Scott | Insect tunnels | = Ambrosiozyma ambroasiae | |
| Pichia cicatricosa | D.B. Scott & Van der Walt | Insect tunnels | = Ambrosiozyma cicatricosa | ||
| Saccharomycopsis synnaedendra | D.B. Scott & Van der Walt | Insect tunnels | Recognized | ||
| Hansenula dryadoides | D.B. Scott & Van der Walt | Insect tunnels | = Starmera dryadoides | ||
| Torulopsis dendrica | Van der Walt, Klift & D.B. Scott | Insect frass | = C. dendrica | ||
| Candida silvanorum | Van der Walt, Klift & D.B. Scott | Insect frass | Recognized | ||
| Candida dendronema | Van der Walt, Klift & D.B. Scott | Insect frass | Recognized | ||
| Candida entomophila | D.B. Scott, Van der Walt & Klift | Insect tunnels | Recognized | ||
| Torulopsis insectalens | D.B. Scott, Van der Walt & Klift | Insect tunnels | = C. insectalens | ||
| Torulopsis nemodendra | Van der Walt, Klift & D.B. Scott | Insect tunnels | = C. nemodendra | ||
| Torulopsis silvatica | Van der Walt, Klift & D.B. Scott | Insect tunnels | = C. silvatica | ||
| Candida hylophila | Van der Walt, Klift & D.B. Scott | Insect tunnels | = Rhodotorula hylophila | ||
| Torulopsis philyla | Van der Walt, Klift & D.B. Scott | Insect tunnels | = Rhodotorula philyla | ||
| 1972 | Ambrosiozyma philentoma | Van der Walt, D.B. Scott & Klift | Insect tunnels | Recognized | |
| Pichia melissophila | Van der Walt & Klift | Gut honey bee | = Priceomyces melissophilus | ||
| Candida nitrativorans | Van der Walt, D.B. Scott & Klift | Insect tunnels | = Wickerhamomyces sydowiorum | ||
| Candida entomaea | Van der Walt, D.B. Scott & Klift | Insect tunnels | = Yamadazyma mexicana | ||
| Candida insectamans | D.B. Scott, Van der Walt & Klift | Insect frass | Recognized | ||
| Candida insectorum | D.B. Scott, Van der Walt & Klift | Insect frass | Recognized | ||
| Candida silvicultrix | Van der Walt, D.B. Scott & Klift | Insect frass | Recognized | ||
| Candida amylolenta | Van der Walt, D.B. Scott & Klift | Insect frass | = Cryptococcus amylolentus | ||
| 1973 | Wickerhamiella domercqiae | Van der Walt | Wine vat | Recognized | |
| Candida homilentoma | Van der Walt & Nakase | Insect frass | Recognized | ||
| Candida naeodendra | Van der Walt, Johannsen & Nakase | Insect frass | Recognized | ||
| Entelexis magnoliae | Van der Walt & Johannsen | Flower | = C. magnoliae | ||
| Aessosporon dendrophilum | Van der Walt | Frass of larvae in galleries of Dichrostachys cinerea | = Bullera dendrophila | ||
| 1975 | Hansenula lynferdii | Van der Walt & Johannsen | Soil | = Wickerhamomyces lynferdii | |
| Pichia philogaea | Van der Walt & Johannsen | Soil | = Yamadazyma philogaea | ||
| Trichosporon terrestre | Van der Walt & Johannsen | Soil | = Blastobotrys terrestris | ||
| 1976 | Stephanoascus ciferrii | M.T. Sm., Van der Walt & Johannsen | Mating type a from soil | = Trichomonascus ciferrii | |
| 1978 | Pachytichospora transvaalensis | Van der Walt | Soil | = Kazachstania transvaalensis | |
| Torulopsis azyma | Van der Walt, Johannsen & Yarrow | Lichen | = C. azyma | ||
| Torulopsis geochares | Van der Walt, Johannsen & Yarrow | Soil | = C. geochares | ||
| Candida fermenticarens | Van der Walt | Lichen | Recognized | ||
| 1980 | Debaryozyma yamadae | Van der Walt & Johannsen | Soil | = Schwanniomyces yamadae | |
| 1982 | Hansenula euphorbiaphila | Van der Walt | Flower | = Cyberlindnera euphorbiiphila | |
| Pichia meyerae | Van der Walt | Flower | = Cyberlindnera meyerae | ||
| Pichia kodamae | Van der Walt & Yarrow | Insect infestations | = Ogataea kodamae | ||
| 1983 | Pichia euphorbiae | Van der Walt & Opperman | Flower | = Cyberlindnera euphorbiae | |
| 1986 | Kluyveromyces yarrowii | Van der Walt, Johannsen, Opperman & Halland | Stable mutant of crossing auxothrophic subcultures of CBS 2684 and CBS 6070, both isolated from tanning liquors of bark tree, France | = Vanderwaltozyma yarrowii | |
| Sporobolomyces kluyveri-nielii | Van der Walt | Leaf | Recognized | ||
| 1987 | Zygozyma oligophaga | Van der Walt & Arx | Insect frass | = Lipomyces oligophaga | |
| Candida lyxosophila | Van der Walt, N.P. Ferreira & Steyn | Soil | Recognized | ||
| Myxozyma geophila | Van der Walt, Y. Yamada & Nakase | Soil | Recognized | ||
| Myxozyma lipomycoides | Van der Walt, Y. Yamada & Nakase | Lichen | Recognized | ||
| Sterigmatomyces wingfieldii | Van der Walt, Y. Yamada & N.P. Ferreira | Insect frass | = Cryptococcus amylolentus | ||
| 1988 | Sporobolomyces phyllomatis | Van der Walt & Y. Yamada | Leaf | Recognized | |
| 1989 | Debaryomyces udenii | Van der Walt, M.T. Sm. & Y. Yamada | Soil, Ontario, Canada | Recognized | |
| Zygozyma arxii | Van der Walt, M.T. Sm. & Y. Yamada | Soil | = Lipomyces arxii | ||
| Lipomyces japonicus | Van der Walt, M.T. Sm., Y. Yamada & Nakase | Garden soil, Japan | Recognized | ||
| Zygozyma suomiensis | M.T. Sm., Van der Walt & Y. Yamada | Skin lesion of a cow, Finland | = Lipomyces suomiensis | ||
| Myxozyma kluyveri | Van der Walt, Spencer-Martins & Y. Yamada | Soil | Recognized | ||
| Sporobolomyces phylladus | Van der Walt & Y. Yamada | Leaf | = Bensingtonia phyllada | ||
| 1990 | Zygozyma smithiae | Van der Walt, Wingfield & Y. Yamada | Insect frass | = Lipomyces smithiae | |
| Myxozyma udenii | Spaaij, Weber, Oberwinkler & van der Walt | Soil around Magnifera indica, Florida, USA | Recognized | ||
| 1992 | Kluyveromyces picaeae | Weber, Spaaij & Van der Walt | Rhizosphere of Picea abies, Germany | = Kazachstania picaeae | |
| 1997 | Lipomyces spencer-martinsiae | (Van der Walt & M.T. Sm.) van der Walt & M.T. Sm. | Soil, Nigeria | Recognized | |
| 1998 | Myxozyma neglecta | Spaaij, Van der Walt & Weber-Spaaij | Cactus | Recognized | |
| 1999 | Lipomyces doorenjongii | Van der Walt & M.T. Sm. | Soil | Recognized | |
| Lipomyces kockii | M.T. Sm. & Van der Walt | Soil | Recognized | ||
| Lipomyces mesembrius | Van der Walt & M.T. Sm. | Soil | Recognized | ||
| Lipomyces yamadae | Van der Walt & M.T. Sm. | Soil | Recognized | ||
| Lipomyces yarrowii | M.T. Sm. & Van der Walt | Soil, Mauritius | Recognized |
1 Present status in Kurtzman et al. (2011)