Pachysolen tannophilus
| Pachysolen tannophilus | |
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| Genus: | Pachysolen |
| Species: | P. tannophilus |
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| Pachysolen tannophilus Boidin & Adzet (1957) | |
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Pachysolen pelliculatus Boidin & Adzet (1957) | |
Pachysolen is a genus of yeast discovered from sulfite liquor by Boidin and Adzet (1957) and isolated by Wickerham (1970).
The genus is monotypic, containing the single species Pachysolen tannophilus, the first yeast identified to have a high capacity for production of ethanol from xylose.