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Table 2 Species 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

Species name

Authors

Type strains of South African source

Type strains from other source

Present status of the type strain 1

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 terrícola

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 (= Probertsiae)

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

Bretianomyces 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

 

“Alpechín”, 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. Scotts 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. Scotts Van der Walt

Insect tunnels

 

= Fellomyces polyborus

 

Trichosporon melibiosaceum

D.B. Scotts Van der Walt

Insect frass

 

= C. fennica

1971

Pichia ambrosiae

Van der Walt S D.B. Scott

Insect tunnels

 

= Ambrosiozyma ambroasiae

 

Pichia cicatricosa

D.B. Scotts Van der Walt

Insect tunnels

 

= Ambrosiozyma cicatricosa

 

Saccharomycopsis synnaedendra

D.B. Scott & Van der Walt

Insect tunnels

 

Recognized

 

Hansenula dryadoides

D.B. Scotts Van der Walt

Insect tunnels

 

= Starmera dryadoides

 

Torulopsis dendrica

Van der Walt, Klift S D.B. Scott

Insect frass

 

= C. dendrica

 

Candida silvanorum

Van der Walt, Klift S D.B. Scott

Insect frass

 

Recognized

 

Candida dendronema

Van der Walt, Klift S D.B. Scott

Insect frass

 

Recognized

 

Candida entomophila

D.B. Scott, Van der Walt S Klift

Insect tunnels

 

Recognized

 

Torulopsis insectalens

D.B. Scott, Van der Walt S Klift

Insect tunnels

 

= C. insectalens

 

Torulopsis nemodendra

Van der Walt, Klift S D.B. Scott

Insect tunnels

 

= C. nemodendra

 

Torulopsis silvatica

Van der Walt, Klift S D.B. Scott

Insect tunnels

 

= C. silvatica

 

Candida hylophila

Van der Walt, Klift S 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 kluyver!

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. 1 Present status in Kurtzman et al. (2011)