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Grifraff/Kuraishia capsulata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Fungi
Division:	Ascomycota
Class:	Saccharomycetes
Order:	Saccharomycetales
Family:	Saccharomycetaceae
Genus:	Kuraishia
Species:	K. capsulata
Binomial name
	Kuraishia capsulata; (Wickerham) Yamada et al. 1994
Synonyms
	Hansenula capsulata; Pichia capsulata;

Kuraishia capsulata is a fungus in the genus Kuraishia that exists as a yeast.

Taxonomy

Upon discovery in 1951, K. capsulata was placed in the genus Hansenula,^[1] which was later renamed to Pichia. A 1994 reclassification moved K. capsulata from Pichia and into Kuraishia, making it the first member of the new genus.^[2]

^ Wickerham, Lynferd Joseph (1951). Taxonomy of Yeasts. U.S. Department of Agriculture.
^ Y, Yamada; K, Maeda; K, Mikata (1994 Jul). "The phylogenetic relationships of the hat-shaped ascospore-forming, nitrate-assimilating Pichia species, formerly classified in the genus Hansenula Sydow et Sydow, based on the partial sequences of 18S and 26S ribosomal RNAs (Saccharomycetaceae): the proposals of three new genera, Ogataea, Kuraishia, and Nakazawaea". Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry. 58 (7). doi:10.1271/bbb.58.1245. ISSN 0916-8451. PMID 7765249. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

[1] Wickerham, Lynferd Joseph (1951). Taxonomy of Yeasts. U.S. Department of Agriculture.

[2] Y, Yamada; K, Maeda; K, Mikata (1994 Jul). "The phylogenetic relationships of the hat-shaped ascospore-forming, nitrate-assimilating Pichia species, formerly classified in the genus Hansenula Sydow et Sydow, based on the partial sequences of 18S and 26S ribosomal RNAs (Saccharomycetaceae): the proposals of three new genera, Ogataea, Kuraishia, and Nakazawaea". Bioscience, biotechnology, and biochemistry. 58 (7). doi:10.1271/bbb.58.1245. ISSN 0916-8451. PMID 7765249. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)

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