Table 1 Genera introduced by van der Walt and co-authors.
From: The treasure trove of yeast genera and species described by Johannes van der Walt (1925–2011)
Year | Genus | Author(s) | Present generic status 1 (year of description of the genus) |
|---|---|---|---|
1964 | Dekkera | Van der Walt | Recognized |
1970 | Aessosporon | Van der Walt | Not recognized (ex-type culture mates with Sporidiobolus salmonicolor) |
1971 | Kluyveromyces | Van der Walt | Recognized |
Lodderomyces | Van der Walt | Recognized | |
Cyniclomyces | Van der Walt & D.B. Scott | Recognized | |
Wingea | Van der Walt | Not recognized (type species belongs to the genus Debaryomyces) | |
1972 | Ambrosiozyma | Van der Walt | Recognized |
1973 | Wickerhamiella | Van der Walt | Recognized |
Entelexis | Van der Walt & Johannsen | Not recognized (status of the genus uncertain) | |
1976 | Hyphopichia | Arx & van der Walt | Recognized |
Stephanoascus | M.T. Sm., Van der Walt & Johannsen | = Trichomonascus (1947) | |
1978 | Pachytichospora | Van der Walt | = Kazachstania (1971) |
Debaryozyma | Van der Walt & Johannsen | Not recognized (the genus name Debaryomyces is conserved) | |
1980 | Yarrowia | Van der Walt & Arx | Recognized |
1981 | Myxozyma | Van der Walt, Weijman & Arx | Recognized |
Arxiozyma | Van der Walt & Yarrow | = Kazachstania (1971) | |
1987 | Zygozyma | Van der Walt & Arx | = Lipomyces (1952) |
1990 | Arxula | Van der Walt, M.T. Sm. & Y. Yamada | = Blastobotrys (1967) |
1995 | Babjevia | Van der Walt & M.T. Sm. | = Dipodascopsis (1978) |
Smithiozyma | Kock, Van der Walt & Y. Yamada | = Lipomyces (1952) |