Wickerhamomyces anomalus

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| regnum = Fungi

| phylum = Ascomycota

| classis = Saccharomycetes

| ordo = Saccharomycetales

| familia = Wickerhamomycetaceae{{cite journal | url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10482-010-9505-6 | doi=10.1007/s10482-010-9505-6 | title=Phylogeny of the ascomycetous yeasts and the renaming of Pichia anomala to Wickerhamomyces anomalus | date=2011 | last1=Kurtzman | first1=Cletus P. | journal=Antonie van Leeuwenhoek | volume=99 | issue=1 | pages=13–23 | pmid=20838888 | url-access=subscription }}

| genus = Wickerhamomyces

| species = W. anomalus

| binomial = Wickerhamomyces anomalus

| binomial_authority = (E.C. Hansen) Kurtzman, Robnett & Basehoar-Powers (2008)

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Wickerhamomyces anomalus is a species of ascomycete and teleomorphic fungi of the genus Wickerhamomyces. It is used as a preventive (biocontrol agent) for undesirable fungi or mold, nevertheless it may spoil food in large quantities. It is used in wine making, airtight stored grain (preventing Aspergillus flavus aflatoxins), apples, and grapevines.{{cite journal|url=http://aem.asm.org/content/70/10/5905.full|title=Oxygen- and Glucose-Dependent Regulation of Central Carbon Metabolism in Pichia anomala|date=2004 |publisher=aem.asm.org|doi=10.1128/AEM.70.10.5905-5911.2004 |accessdate=2016-04-16 |last1=Fredlund |first1=Elisabeth |last2=Blank |first2=Lars M. |last3=SchnüRer |first3=Johan |last4=Sauer |first4=Uwe |last5=Passoth |first5=Volkmar |journal=Applied and Environmental Microbiology |volume=70 |issue=10 |pages=5905–5911 |pmid=15466531 |pmc=522099 |bibcode=2004ApEnM..70.5905F }} P. anomala has been reclassified as Wickerhamomyces anomalus.{{Cite journal|last1=Madrigal|first1=T.|last2=Maicas|first2=S.|last3=Mateo Tolosa|first3=J. J.|date=2013-03-01|title=Glucose and Ethanol Tolerant Enzymes Produced by Pichia (Wickerhamomyces) Isolates from Enological Ecosystems|url=http://www.ajevonline.org/cgi/doi/10.5344/ajev.2012.12077|journal=American Journal of Enology and Viticulture|language=en|volume=64|issue=1|pages=126–133|doi=10.5344/ajev.2012.12077|s2cid=86753667 |issn=0002-9254|url-access=subscription}}