Pichia
Sign in to savePichia (Hansenula and Hyphopichia are obsolete synonyms) is a genus of yeasts in the family Pichiaceae with spherical, elliptical, or oblong acuminate cells. Pichia is a teleomorph, and forms hat-shaped, hemispherical, or round ascospores during sexual reproduction. The anamorphs of some Pichia species are Candida species. The asexual reproduction is by multilateral budding.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomFungi
- PhylumAscomycota
- ClassSaccharomycetes
- OrderSaccharomycetales
- FamilySaccharomycetaceae
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Research
13,579 papers- Promoters in Pichia pastoris: A Toolbox for Fine-Tuned Gene Expression.Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) · 2024
- Pichia pastoris as a Versatile Cell Factory for the Production of Industrial Enzymes and Chemicals: Current Status and Future Perspectives.Biotechnology journal · 2019
- Bioconversion of C1 feedstocks for chemical production using Pichia pastoris.Trends in biotechnology · 2023
- High Potential of Pichia kluyveri and Other Pichia Species in Wine Technology.International journal of molecular sciences · 2021
- Recombinant protein expression in Pichia pastoris.Molecular biotechnology · 2000
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Pichia (Hansenula and Hyphopichia are obsolete synonyms) is a genus of yeasts in the family Pichiaceae with spherical, elliptical, or oblong acuminate cells. Pichia is a teleomorph, and forms hat-shaped, hemispherical, or round ascospores during sexual reproduction. The anamorphs of some Pichia species are Candida species. The asexual reproduction is by multilateral budding.
The genus name of Pichia is in honour of Pico Pichi (1862–1933), who was an Italian botanist and Professor of natural history and plant pathology at a viticulture school in the town of Conegliano in the Province of Treviso.