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Table 1 Thermotolerant fungal phyla and genera

From: Distribution and impact of yeast thermal tolerance permissive for mammalian infection

Phylum

Genera

Number strains/total

Percentage

Species of medical interest a

Ascomyces

All species

1,257/2,868

44%

ND

 

Blastobotrys

64/80

80%

2

 

Clavispora, Metschnikowiaceae

11/11

100%

1

 

Cyberlindnera

47/75

63%

1

 

Dekkera

23/32

72%

0

 

Kodamaea

21/22

95%

1

 

Kluyveromyces

75/98

76%

2

 

Lodderomyces

9/10

90%

0

 

Millerozyma

28/28

100%

1

 

Meyerozyma

26/28

93%

2

 

Pichia

112/202

55%

3

 

Phaffomyces and Starmera

11/12

92%

0

 

Saccharomyces

196/306

64%

1

 

Schizosaccharomyces

26/27

96%

0

 

Zygoascus

17/17

100%

0

Basidiomycetes

All species

215/1,421

15%

ND

 

Filobasidiella

75/77

97%

7

 

Malassezia

45/54

83%

14

  1. aSpecies of medical interest inferred from the following sources [24]. ND, not determined.