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. 2021 Jan 21;59(2):e01811-20. doi: 10.1128/JCM.01811-20

TABLE 3.

List of how taxonomic revisions affected basidiomycete and ascomycete yeasts of medical importance

Previous species name Revised species name Order Reference no. MB accession no.
Candida bracarensis Nakaseomyces bracarensisaa Saccharomycetales 37 NAb
Candida catenulata Diutina catenulata Saccharomycetales 23 MB 813778
Candida eremophila Pichia eremophila Saccharomycetales 38 MB 508435
Candida etchellsii Starmerella etchellsii Saccharomycetales 39 MB 823618
Candida fabianii Cyberlindnera fabianii Saccharomycetales 40 MB 534382
Candida famata Debaryomyces hansenii Saccharomycetales 41 MB 296478
Candida fermentati Meyerozyma caribbica Saccharomycetales 42 MB 513462
Candida glabrata Nakaseomyces glabrataaa Saccharomycetales 37 NA
Candida inconspicua Pichia cactophila Saccharomycetales 43 MB 320493
Candida kefyr Kluyveromyces marxianus Saccharomycetales 44 MB 316062
Candida krusei Pichia kudriavzevii Saccharomycetales 45 MB 337013
Candida guilliermondii Meyerozyma guilliermondii Saccharomycetales 42 MB 513463
Candida lambica Pichia fermentans Saccharomycetales 46 MB 252130
Candida lipolytica Yarrowia lipolytica Saccharomycetales 47 MB 108643
Candida lusitaniae Clavispora lusitaniae Saccharomycetales 48 MB 111257
Candida nivariensis Nakaseomyces nivariensisaa Saccharomycetales 49 NA
Candida norvegensis Pichia norvegensis Saccharomycetales 50 MB 320514
Candida pelliculosa Wickerhamomyces anomalus Saccharomycetales 38 MB 508390
Candida pintolopesii Kazachstania telluris Saccharomycetales 51 MB 487688
Candida pulcherrima Metschnikowia pulcherrima Saccharomycetales 52 MB 334124
Candida rugosa Diutina rugosa Saccharomycetales 23 MB 813768
Candida sorbosivorans Starmerella sorbosivorans Saccharomycetales 39 MB 823645
Candida utilis Cyberlindnera jadinii Saccharomycetales 40 MB 534383
Cryptococcus albidus Naganishia albida Filobasidiales 27 MB 813141
Cryptococcus curvatus Cutaneotrichosporon curvatum Trichosporonales 27 MB 818663
Cryptococcus diffluens Naganishia diffluens Filobasidiales 27 MB 813172
Cryptococcus laurentii Papiliotrema laurentii Tremellales 27 MB 813295
Pseudozyma antarctica Moesziomyces antarcticus Ustilaginales 53 MB 812714
Pseudozyma aphidis Moesziomyces aphidis Ustilaginales 53 MB 812715
Pseudozyma parantartica Moesziomyces parantarcticus Ustilaginales 53 MB 812717
Rhodotorula minuta Cystobasidium minutum Cystobasidiales 54 MB 809340
Rhodotorula slooffiae Cystobasidium slooffiae Cystobasidiales 54 MB 809341
Stephanoascus ciferrii Trichomonascus ciferrii Saccharomycetales 55 MB 530083
Trichosporon cutaneum Cutaneotrichosporon cutaneum Trichosporonales 27 MB 813398
Trichosporon loubieri Apiotrichum loubieri Trichosporonales 27 MB 813417
Trichosporon mucoides Cutaneotrichosporon mucoides Trichosporonales 27 MB 813402
Trichosporon mycotoxinivorans Apiotrichum mycotoxinivorans Trichosporonales 27 MB 813420
a

Members of the Nakaseomyces clade that currently lack formal registration with MycoBank (MB).

b

NA, not available.