Fungus
pichia anomala
Definitions related to pichia anomala:
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(wickerhamomyces anomalus) Any fungal organism that can be assigned to the species Wickerhamomyces anomalus.CDISC TerminologyClinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
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(wickerhamomyces anomalus) A yeast in the phylum Ascomycota. This species is spheroidal to elongate shaped, forms pseudohyphae and produces hat-shaped ascospores, can grow anaerobically, ferments glucose and sucrose, assimilates glucose, galactose, fructose, raffinose and mannose but not formic acid and methanol, and utilizes nitrate and urea. W. anomalus is used in food and feed processing and functions as a biopreservation agent, phytase producer, and for folate biofortification. It is also the causative agent of opportunistic mycoses that develop in immunocompromised individuals as well as neonates.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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