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Common species are as follow:

S. bayanus
S. boulardii
S. bulderi
S. cariocanus
S. cariocus
S. cerevisiae
S. chevalieri
S. dairenensis
S. ellipsoideus
S.eubayanus
S.exiguus
S.florentinus
S.kluyveri
S. martiniae
S. monacensis
S.norbensis
S. paradoxus
S.pastorianus
S.spencerorum
S.turicensis
S.unisporus
S.uvarum
S.zonatus

Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used in making wine, bread, and beer. Saccharomyces boulardii used in medicine. Saccharomyces yeasts can form symbiotic matrices with bacteria, and are used to produce kombucha, kefir and ginger beer.It can also be used for assay of Actidione, Amphotericin-B, Anisomycin, Antifungal antibiotics, Biotine, Carcinogenic chemicals, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Inositol, and Thiamine.

The production of arginase, Argosterol, Nicotinic acid can be made from Saccharomyces.

The Common species are as follow:

C. albicans
C. ascalaphidarum
C. amphixiae
C. antarctica
C. argentea
C. atlantica
C. atmosphaerica
C. blattae
C. bromeliacearum
C. carpophila
C. carvajalis
C. cerambycidarum
C. chauliodes
C. corydali
C. dosseyi
C. dubliniensis
C. ergatensis
C. fructus
C. glabrata
C. fermentati
C. guilliermondii
C. haemulonii
C. insectamens
C. insectorum
C. intermedia
C. jeffresii
C. kefyr
C. keroseneae
C. krusei
C. lusitaniae
C. lyxosophila
C. maltosa
C. marina
C.membranifaciens
C. milleri
C. mogii
C. oleophila
C. oregonensis
C. parapsilosis
C. quercitrusa
C. rugosa
C. sake
C. shehatea
C. temnochilae
C. tenuis
C. theae[20]
C. tolerans
C. tropicalis
C. tsuchiyae
C.sinolaborantium
C. sojae
C. subhashii
C. viswanathii
C. utilis
C. ubatubensis
C. zemplinina

Candida wickerhami

C.gulliermondii

C. shehatae

C. cylindracea

Application in engineering

Candida albicans has been used in combination with carbon nanotubes (CNT) to produce stable electrically conductive bio-nano-composite tissue materials that have been used as temperature sensing elements. Candida is used in production of Autoantibiotics, Citric Acid, Phynyl alcohol,Biomass,Iditol,Food Yeast, Deaminase, Riboflavin,Lipase and Mannitol. Assay of Amphotericin-B, Antimicrobial activity,and Amphotericin-B.

This Yeast is used in degradation of Cellobiose, Hydrocarbons, Cellodextrins, D-Xylose and Phenolic wastes. Oxidation/Utilisation of Phenol and Catechol, Uric acid.

Trichosporon

Trichosporon is a genus of anamorphic fungi in the family Trichosporonaceae. All species of Trichosporon are yeasts with no known teleomorphs (sexual states). Most are typically isolated from soil, but several species occur as a natural part of the skin microbiota of humans and other animals. Proliferation of Trichosporon yeasts in the hair can lead to an unpleasant but non-serious condition known as white piedra. This Yeast is a fungi of Deuteromycotina.

Common species are as follow:

T. aquatile
T. asahii
T. asteroides
T. brassicae
T. caseorum
T. chiarellii
T. coremiiforme
T. cutaneum
T. debeurmannianum
T. dehoogii
T. dermatis
T. dohaense
T. domesticum
T. dulcitum
T. faecale
T. gamsii
T. gracile
T. guehoae
T. inkin
T. insectorum
T.japonicum
T. jirovecii
T. lactis
T. laibachii
T. lignicola
T. loubieri
T. moniliiforme
T. montevideense
T. mucoides
T.multisporum
T. ovoides
T. porosum
T. scarabaeorum
T. sinense
T. smithiae
T. sporotrichoides
T. terricola
T. tryphenardum
T. vadense
T.vanderwaltii
T. veenhuisii
T. wilphenae

Trichosporon is used in production of Glcoamylase.

Common species are as follow:

P. farinosa

P.pastoris

P.stipitis

P.angusta

P.minuta

P.anomala

P.jadinii

P.haplophila

P.capsulata

P.cellobiosa

P. heedii
P. guilliermondii
P. kluyveri
P.membranifaciens
P. norvegensis
P. ohmeri
P. pastoris
Pichiamethanolica

Pichia is used in production of Glycerol, Xylitol, single cell protien, Amylase, 2,3-Butanediol,Citric acid, B-Galatosidase and single cell protein. This Yeast is also used in Oxidation/Utilization of Autotrophic Hydrocarbons, Methanol, Propane.

Fermentation of Xylose. Degradation of D-Xylose.

Pichia is widely used for protein expression using recombinant DNA techniques. Hence it is used in biochemical and genetic research in academia and the biotechnical industry.

Common species are as follow:

Y. bubula
Y. deformans
Y. lipolytica
Y. porcina
Y.yakushimensis

It is used in industrial microbiology, especially for the production of specialty lipids Isocitric acid, Phosphatase, and Yeast protein.It is also used in degradation of Hydrocarbons.

Rhodosporidium

Common species is

R.toruloides

It is used in production of Lipid and Phosphodiesterase.

Common species is

P. tannophilus

It is used in production of Aldehyde reductase, and Degradation of Cellulose, Hemicellulose, D-Galactose, Glycerol.

Common species are as follow:

Kulyveromyces fragilis

Kulyveromyces marxianus var. lactis

K. aestuarii
K. africanus
K. bacillisporus
K. blattae
K. dobzhanskii
K. hubeiensis
K. lactis
K. lodderae
K. nonfermentans
K. piceae
K. sinensis
K. thermotolerans
K. waltii
K. wickerhamii
K. yarrowii

It is used in production of and Induction of B-galactosidase and assay of Thiamine.

Common species are as follow:

M. pulcherrima

M. cubensis sp. Nov

M. pulcherrima

Metschnikowia pulcherrima has been investigated for use in winemaking. It is also used in production of Citric acid.This Yeast is used in fermentation of Pentose.

Zygosaccharomyces

Common species are as follow:

Z. bailii
Z. bisporus
Z. cidri
Z. fermentati
Z. florentinus
Z. kombuchaensis
Z. lentus
Z. mellis
Z. microellipsoides
Z. mrakii
Z. pseudorouxii
Z. rouxii

It is used in production of Gultaminase, Glycerin and Mannan.

Schwanniomyces

Species of the yeast genus Schwanniomyces and belongs to Ascomycotina, and characteristically form ascospores that are roughened and have an equatorial ring.

Common species are as follow:

S. castellii
S. capriottii
S.etchellsii
S. yamadae
S.occidentalis

It is used in degradation of Potato starch,

It is also used in production of Single cell protein.

Oosporidium

The genus Oosporidium, introduced by Stautz in 1931, has been considered a synonym of the genus Trichosporon by Buchwald and belongs to Ascomycotina.

Common species is

O. margaritiferum

It is used in production of Ubiquinone-10.

Common species are as follow:

D. anomala,
D. bruxel- lensis
D. custersiana
D. naardenensis

It is used in production Degradation of D-Xylose. The yeast is acidogenic, and when grown on glucose rich media under aerobic conditions, produces large amounts of acetic acid. Brettanomyces is important to both the brewing and wine industries due to the sensory compounds it produces.

Common species are as follow:

Kloeckera apiculata

H. guilliermondii
H. occidentalis
H.osmophila
H. uvarum
H. valbyensis
H.vineae
Kloeckera lindneri

It is used for assay of Vitamin B6.

Torulaspora

Torulaspora is a genus of ascomycetous yeasts in the family Saccharomycetaceae and belongs to Ascomycotina.

Common species are as follow:

T.delbrueckii
T. franciscae
T. globosa
T. pretoriensis

T. delbrueckii has been associated with winemaking for decades and isolated either from grape, must or wine. It is used in production of acetoin.

Common species are as follow:

M. albidulus
M. argentinensis
M.aurantiacus
M.barkeri
M. bisporus
M. eremophilus
M. floridanus
M. fuliginosus
M.fumeus
M. kaoliang
M. lunisporas
M. mucoroides
M. olei
M. pallens
M.paxii
M.pilosus
M.pubigerus
M. purpureus
M. ruber
M.rubropunctatus
M. rutilus
M. sanguineus
M.serorubescens
M.vitreus

Monascus purpureus is among the most important because of its use in the production of certain fermented foods in East Asia, particularly China and Japan.It is also used in production of red cheese.

Sl. No.	Genus Name	Species Name	Application
1	*Saccharomyces* Saccharomyces is a genus in the kingdom of fungi that includes many species of yeast. Saccharomyces is from Greek and means sugar fungus. Many members of this genus are considered very important in food production. It is known as the brewer's yeast or baker's yeast. They are unicellular and saprophytic fungi,(yeast) belongs to Ascomycotina.	Common species are as follow: S. bayanus S. boulardii S. bulderi S. cariocanus S. cariocus S. cerevisiae S. chevalieri S. dairenensis S. ellipsoideus S.eubayanus S.exiguus S.florentinus S.kluyveri S. martiniae S. monacensis S.norbensis S. paradoxus S.pastorianus S.spencerorum S.turicensis S.unisporus S.uvarum S.zonatus	Saccharomyces cerevisiae is used in making wine, bread, and beer. Saccharomyces boulardii used in medicine. Saccharomyces yeasts can form symbiotic matrices with bacteria, and are used to produce kombucha, kefir and ginger beer.It can also be used for assay of Actidione, Amphotericin-B, Anisomycin, Antifungal antibiotics, Biotine, Carcinogenic chemicals, Chemical Oxygen Demand, Inositol, and Thiamine. The production of arginase, Argosterol, Nicotinic acid can be made from Saccharomyces.
2	*Candida* Candida is a genus of yeasts and is the most common cause of fungal infections worldwide. Many species are harmless commensals or endosymbionts of hosts including humans; however, when mucosal barriers are disrupted or the immune system is compromised they can invade and cause disease. This yeast fungi belongs to Ascomycotina.	The Common species are as follow: C. albicans C. ascalaphidarum C. amphixiae C. antarctica C. argentea C. atlantica C. atmosphaerica C. blattae C. bromeliacearum C. carpophila C. carvajalis C. cerambycidarum C. chauliodes C. corydali C. dosseyi C. dubliniensis C. ergatensis C. fructus C. glabrata C. fermentati C. guilliermondii C. haemulonii C. insectamens C. insectorum C. intermedia C. jeffresii C. kefyr C. keroseneae C. krusei C. lusitaniae C. lyxosophila C. maltosa C. marina C.membranifaciens C. milleri C. mogii C. oleophila C. oregonensis C. parapsilosis C. quercitrusa C. rugosa C. sake C. shehatea C. temnochilae C. tenuis C. theae[20] C. tolerans C. tropicalis C. tsuchiyae C.sinolaborantium C. sojae C. subhashii C. viswanathii C. utilis C. ubatubensis C. zemplinina Candida wickerhami C.gulliermondii C. shehatae C. cylindracea	Application in engineering Candida albicans has been used in combination with carbon nanotubes (CNT) to produce stable electrically conductive bio-nano-composite tissue materials that have been used as temperature sensing elements. Candida is used in production of Autoantibiotics, Citric Acid, Phynyl alcohol,Biomass,Iditol,Food Yeast, Deaminase, Riboflavin,Lipase and Mannitol. Assay of Amphotericin-B, Antimicrobial activity,and Amphotericin-B. This Yeast is used in degradation of Cellobiose, Hydrocarbons, Cellodextrins, D-Xylose and Phenolic wastes. Oxidation/Utilisation of Phenol and Catechol, Uric acid.
3	*Trichosporon* Trichosporon is a genus of anamorphic fungi in the family Trichosporonaceae. All species of Trichosporon are yeasts with no known teleomorphs (sexual states). Most are typically isolated from soil, but several species occur as a natural part of the skin microbiota of humans and other animals. Proliferation of Trichosporon yeasts in the hair can lead to an unpleasant but non-serious condition known as white piedra. This Yeast is a fungi of Deuteromycotina.	Common species are as follow: T. aquatile T. asahii T. asteroides T. brassicae T. caseorum T. chiarellii T. coremiiforme T. cutaneum T. debeurmannianum T. dehoogii T. dermatis T. dohaense T. domesticum T. dulcitum T. faecale T. gamsii T. gracile T. guehoae T. inkin T. insectorum T.japonicum T. jirovecii T. lactis T. laibachii T. lignicola T. loubieri T. moniliiforme T. montevideense T. mucoides T.multisporum T. ovoides T. porosum T. scarabaeorum T. sinense T. smithiae T. sporotrichoides T. terricola T. tryphenardum T. vadense T.vanderwaltii T. veenhuisii T. wilphenae	Trichosporon is used in production of Glcoamylase.
4	*Pichia* Pichia is a genus of yeasts in the family Saccharomycetaceae with spherical, elliptical or oblong acuminate cells. Pichia is a teleomorph, and forms during sexual reproduction hat-shaped, hemispherical or round ascospores. The anamorphs of some Pichia species are Candida species. The asexual reproduction is by multilateral budding. This yeast belongs to Ascomycotina.	Common species are as follow: P. farinosa P.pastoris P.stipitis P.angusta P.minuta P.anomala P.jadinii P.haplophila P.capsulata P.cellobiosa P. heedii P. guilliermondii P. kluyveri P.membranifaciens P. norvegensis P. ohmeri P. pastoris Pichiamethanolica	Pichia is used in production of Glycerol, Xylitol, single cell protien, Amylase, 2,3-Butanediol,Citric acid, B-Galatosidase and single cell protein. This Yeast is also used in Oxidation/Utilization of Autotrophic Hydrocarbons, Methanol, Propane. Fermentation of Xylose. Degradation of D-Xylose. Pichia is widely used for protein expression using recombinant DNA techniques. Hence it is used in biochemical and genetic research in academia and the biotechnical industry.
5	*Yarrowia* Yarrowia is a fungal genus in the family Dipodascaceae. For a while the genus was monotypic, containing the single species Yarrowia lipolytica, a yeast that can use unusual carbon sources, such as hydrocarbons.	Common species are as follow: Y. bubula Y. deformans Y. lipolytica Y. porcina Y.yakushimensis	It is used in industrial microbiology, especially for the production of specialty lipids Isocitric acid, Phosphatase, and Yeast protein.It is also used in degradation of Hydrocarbons.
6	*Rhodosporidium* Rhodosporidium toruloides is an oleaginous yeast and belongs to Ascomycotina. It is a red basidiomycetous isolated from wood pulp from conifers.	Common species is R.toruloides	It is used in production of Lipid and Phosphodiesterase.
7	*Pachysolen* Pachysolen is a genus of yeast discovered from sulfite liquor by Boidin and Adzet and belongs to Ascomycotina.	Common species is P. tannophilus	It is used in production of Aldehyde reductase, and Degradation of Cellulose, Hemicellulose, D-Galactose, Glycerol.
8	*Kulyveromyces* Kluyveromyces is a genus of ascomycetous yeasts in the family Saccharomycetaceae and belongs to Ascomycotina. Some of the species, such as K. marxianus, are the teleomorphs of Candida species and belongs to Ascomycotina..	Common species are as follow: Kulyveromyces fragilis Kulyveromyces marxianus var. lactis K. aestuarii K. africanus K. bacillisporus K. blattae K. dobzhanskii K. hubeiensis K. lactis K. lodderae K. nonfermentans K. piceae K. sinensis K. thermotolerans K. waltii K. wickerhamii K. yarrowii	It is used in production of and Induction of B-galactosidase and assay of Thiamine.
9	*Metschnikowia* Metschnikowia is a genus of yeast in the family Metschnikowiaceae and belongs to Ascomycotina.	Common species are as follow: M. pulcherrima M. cubensis sp. Nov M. pulcherrima	Metschnikowia pulcherrima has been investigated for use in winemaking. It is also used in production of Citric acid.This Yeast is used in fermentation of Pentose.
10	*Zygosaccharomyces* Zygosaccharomyces is a genus of yeast in the family Saccharomycetaceae and belongs to Ascomycotina.	Common species are as follow: Z. bailii Z. bisporus Z. cidri Z. fermentati Z. florentinus Z. kombuchaensis Z. lentus Z. mellis Z. microellipsoides Z. mrakii Z. pseudorouxii Z. rouxii	It is used in production of Gultaminase, Glycerin and Mannan.
11	*Schwanniomyces* Species of the yeast genus Schwanniomyces and belongs to Ascomycotina, and characteristically form ascospores that are roughened and have an equatorial ring.	Common species are as follow: S. castellii S. capriottii S.etchellsii S. yamadae S.occidentalis	It is used in degradation of Potato starch, It is also used in production of Single cell protein.
12	*Oosporidium* The genus Oosporidium, introduced by Stautz in 1931, has been considered a synonym of the genus Trichosporon by Buchwald and belongs to Ascomycotina.	Common species is O. margaritiferum	It is used in production of Ubiquinone-10.
13	*Decckera* Brettanomyces, the anamorph form of the genus Dekkera, Brettanomyces is a non-spore forming genus of yeast in the family Saccharomycetaceae, and is often colloquially referred to as "Brett" and belongs to Ascomycotina.	Common species are as follow: D. anomala, D. bruxel- lensis D. custersiana D. naardenensis	It is used in production Degradation of D-Xylose. The yeast is acidogenic, and when grown on glucose rich media under aerobic conditions, produces large amounts of acetic acid. Brettanomyces is important to both the brewing and wine industries due to the sensory compounds it produces.
14	*Kloeckera* Hanseniaspora is a genus of yeasts. The name Kloeckera is applied to its anamorph form. They are typically apiculate in shape and often found in grape musts pre-fermentation.	Common species are as follow: Kloeckera apiculata H. guilliermondii H. occidentalis H.osmophila H. uvarum H. valbyensis H.vineae Kloeckera lindneri	It is used for assay of Vitamin B6.
15	*Torulaspora* Torulaspora is a genus of ascomycetous yeasts in the family Saccharomycetaceae and belongs to Ascomycotina.	Common species are as follow: T.delbrueckii T. franciscae T. globosa T. pretoriensis	T. delbrueckii has been associated with winemaking for decades and isolated either from grape, must or wine. It is used in production of acetoin.
16	*Monascus* Monascus is a genus of mold. Among the 24 known species of this genus, the red-pigmented Monascus purpureus is among the most important and belongs to Ascomycotina.	Common species are as follow: M. albidulus M. argentinensis M.aurantiacus M.barkeri M. bisporus M. eremophilus M. floridanus M. fuliginosus M.fumeus M. kaoliang M. lunisporas M. mucoroides M. olei M. pallens M.paxii M.pilosus M.pubigerus M. purpureus M. ruber M.rubropunctatus M. rutilus M. sanguineus M.serorubescens M.vitreus	Monascus purpureus is among the most important because of its use in the production of certain fermented foods in East Asia, particularly China and Japan.It is also used in production of red cheese.