Johnson & M.J. Hoffman (1983) Vanrija antarctica (Goto, Sugiy.

& Iizuka) R.T. Moore (1987) Pseudozyma antarctica (Goto, Sugiy.

& Iizuka) Boekhout (1995) Moesziomyces antarcticus is a species of fungus in the order Ustilaginales.

The species occurs as a yeast and was originally isolated from Antarctic lake sediment.

[5] Moesziomyces antarcticus contains a lipase enzyme that is able to cleave ester bonds in PET plastic.