Pichia heedii is a species of yeast in the family Saccharomycetaceae. Described in 1978, it was found growing on a dead senita cactus plant (Lophocereus schottii) in the Sonoran Desert of Baja California, Mexico. The species was named to honor William B. Heed and his contributions to the study of desert-adapted yeasts.[1]
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| Pichia heedii Phaff, Starmer, M. Miranda & M.W. Mill.
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- ^ Phaff HJ, Starmer WT, Miranda M, Miller MW (1978). "Pichia heedii, a new species of yeast indigenous to necrotic cacti in the North American Sonoran Desert". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 28 (2): 326–31. doi:10.1099/00207713-28-2-326.
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