ABSTRACT
The genera Pichia and Kodamaea are ascomycetous yeasts belonging to the family Saccharomycetaceae, class Saccharomycetes, subphylum Saccharomycotina, phylum Ascomycota, kingdom Fungi. The family Saccharomycetaceae covers 28 genera: Ascobotryozyma, Citeromyces, Debaryomyces, Dekkera, Eremothecium, Issatchenkia, Kazachstania, Kluyveromyces, Kodamaea, Komagataella, Kregervanrija, Kuraishia, Lachancea, Lindnera, Lodderomyces, Nakaseomyces, Nakazawaea, Naumovia, Pachysolen, Pichia, Saccharomyces, Saturnispora, Tetrapisispora, Torulaspora, Vanderwaltozyma, Williopsis, Zygosaccharomyces, and Zygowilliopsis, in addition to some unclassi–ed Saccharomycetaceae [1].
