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. 2021 Nov 11;7(11):957. doi: 10.3390/jof7110957

Table 1.

Global distribution and isolation sources of Wickerhamomyces species.

No. Spices Known Distribution Isolation Source Reference
1 Wickerhamomyces alni (Phaff, M.W. Mill. and M. Miranda) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Canada Exudate of Alnus rubra [12]
2 Wickerhamomyces anomalus (E.C. Hansen) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Algeria, Brazil,
China, Colombia, Ethiopia, India, Iraq, King George Island, Lao, Russia, Slovakia Sweden and Thailand
Process of beer and wine, phylloplane, soil, water, coral reefs, Thai traditional alcoholic starter, mangrove forest, fermented food, flowers, fruits, fermented grains, coffee processing, wastewater treatment plant, Colombian fermented beans and Brazilian spirit [13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20,21,22,23,24,25,26,27,28,29,30,31,32,33,34,35]
3 Wickerhamomyces arborarius S.A. James, E.J. Carvajal, Barahona, T.C. Harr., C.F. Lee, C.J. Bond and I.N. Roberts Ecuador Flower [36]
4 Wickerhamomyces bisporus (O. Beck) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Finland, France and USA Platypus compositus, phoretic mites on Ips typographus and bark beetles (Dendroctonus) [37,38,39]
5 Wickerhamomyces bovis (Uden and Carmo Souza) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Portugal Caecum of feral cattle (Bos taurus) [40]
6 Wickerhamomyces canadensis (Wick.) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Canada Beetle frass from Pinus resinosa [41]
7 Wickerhamomyces chambardii (C. Ramírez and Boidin) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers France Chestnut [42]
8 Wickerhamomyces chaumierensis M. Groenew., V. Robert and M.T. Sm. Guyana Surface of flower [43]
9 Wickerhamomyces ciferrii (Lodder) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Dominican Republic, USA and Thailand Fruit of Dipteryx odorata and male olive fruit fly (Bactrocera oleae) [44,45,46]
10 Wickerhamomyces edaphicus Limtong, Yongman., H. Kawas. and Fujiyama India and Thailand Forest and mangrove soils [4,47]
11 Wickerhamomyces hampshirensis (Kurtzman) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers USA Frass of cut and dead of Quercus and beetle (Xyloterinus politus) [48,49]
12 Wickerhamomyces kurtzmanii A.H. Li, Y.G. Zhou and Q.M. Wang China Crater lake water [6]
13 Wickerhamomyces lynferdii (Van der Walt and Johannsen) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers South Africa Soil [50]
14 Wickerhamomyces menglaensis F.L. Hui and L.N. Huang China Rotting wood [51]
15 Wickerhamomyces mori F.L. Hui, Liang Chen, X.Y. Chu, Niu and T. Ke China Gut of larvae of wood-boring insect on trunk of Morus alba [52]
16 Wickerhamomyces mucosus (Wick. and Kurtzman) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers USA Soil [53]
17 Wickerhamomyces myanmarensis (Nagats., H. Kawas. and T. Seki) J. Kumla, N. Suwannarach and S. Lumyong Iran and Myanmar Palm sugar in rum distiller, and blood and central venous catheter of patients [8,9]
18 Wickerhamomyces ochangensis K.S. Shin South Korea Soil of potato field [11]
19 Wickerhamomyces onychis (Yarrow) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Brazil, Ethiopia, Iraq, Malaysia, Netherlands, Poland and Tunisia Nail infection of Homo sapiens, fermented food, cocoa beans, grape and tomato during spontaneous fermentation, and soil [23,54,55,56,57,58,59]
20 Wickerhamomyces orientalis Sipiczki, S. Nasr, H.D.T. Nguyen and Soudi Iran and Sri Lanka Fruits and rhizosphere soil [27,60]
21 Wickerhamomyces patagonicus V. de García, Brizzio, C.A. Rosa, Libkind and Van Broock Argentina Sap exudate on cut branches of Nothofagus dombeyi and glacier meltwater river [61]
22 Wickerhamomyces pijperi (Van der Walt & Tscheuschner) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Egypt, Ghana and South Africa Buttermilk, cocoa fermentation and orange juice [62,63,64]
23 Wickerhamomyces psychrolipolyticus Y. Shimizu and K. Konno Japan Soil [65]
24 Wickerhamomyces queroliae C.A. Rosa, P.B. Morais, Lachance and Pimenta Brazil Larva of Anastrepha mucronata from fruit of Peritassa campestris [66]
25 Wickerhamomyces rabaulensis (Soneda and S. Uchida) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea and Thailand Excreta of snail, soils, decaying agricultural residues, decaying leaves and tree bark, and
fermented food
[23,67,68]
26 Wickerhamomyces scolytoplatypi Ninomiya Japan Gallery of beetles (Scolytoplatypus shogun) in Fagus crenata [69]
27 Wickerhamomyces siamensis Kaewwich., Yongman., H. Kawas. and Limtong Thailand Phylloplane of Saccharum officinarum [70]
28 Wickerhamomyces silvicola (Wick.) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Germany, South
Korea and USA
Flowers, gum of Prunus serotina and Prunus wood [41,71,72]
29 Wickerhamomyces spegazzinii Masiulionis and Pagnocca Argentina The fungus garden of an attine ant nest (Acromyrmex lundii) [73]
30 Wickerhamomyces strasburgensis (C. Ramírez and Boidin) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers France On leather tanned by vegetable means [74]
31 Wickerhamomyces subpelliculosus (Kurtzman) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Egypt and USA Fermenting cucumber brines, gut of honey bee and molasses [75,76]
32 Wickerhamomyces sydowiorum (D.B. Scott and Van der Walt) Kurtzman, Robnett and Bas.-Powers Brazil, Ivory Coast, South Africa and
Thailand
Frass of Sinoxylon ruficorne in dead Combretum apiculatum, decayed plant leaf, fermented cocoa, honey, sand and water [59,77,78,79,80]
33 Wickerhamomyces sylviae Moschetti and J.P. Samp. Italy Cloaca of migratory birds
(Sylvia communis)
[81]
34 Wickerhamomyces tratensis Nakase, Jindam., Am-In, Ninomiya and H. Kawas. Thailand Flower of mangrove apple
(Sonneratia caseolaris)
[82]
35 Wickerhamomyces xylosicus Limtong, Nitiyon, Kaewwich., Jindam., Am-In and Yongman Thailand Soil [5]
36 Wickerhamomyces xylosivorus R. Kobay., A. Kanti and H. Kawas. Indonesia Decayed wood [4]