Bandonia marina
Bandonia marina, is a common species of marine yeast fungus in the Tetragoniomycetaceae family, first described as Candida marina in 1962, and moved to a new monotypic genus[1] in 2015. It is one of the microorganisms that feed on and decompose tarballs in the ocean.[2]
| Bandonia marina | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Fungi |
| Division: | Basidiomycota |
| Class: | Tremellomycetes |
| Order: | Trichosporonales |
| Family: | Tetragoniomycetaceae |
| Genus: | Bandonia |
| Species: | B. marina |
| Binomial name | |
| Bandonia marina (Uden & Zobell) Yurkov, Xin Zhan Liu, F.Y. Bai, M. Groenew. & Boekhout (2015) | |
| Synonyms | |
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Candida marina Uden & Zobell, Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 28: 278 (1962) | |
References
- "COL". COL. Retrieved 2023-05-14.
- Itah, A. Y.; Essien, J. P. (October 2005). "Growth Profile and Hydrocarbonoclastic Potential of Microorganisms Isolated from Tarballs in the Bight of Bonny, Nigeria". World Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology. 21 (6–7): 1317–1322. doi:10.1007/s11274-004-6694-z. ISSN 0959-3993. S2CID 84888286.
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