RT Journal Article SR Electronic(1) A1 Phaff, Herman J. A1 Starmer, William T. A1 Lachance, Marc-Andre A1 Ganter, Philip F.YR 1994 T1 Candida caseinolytica sp. nov., a New Species of Yeast Occurring in Necrotic Tissue of Opuntia and Stenocereus Species in the Southwestern United States and Baja California, Mexico JF International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology, VO 44 IS 4 SP 641 OP 645 DO https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-44-4-641 PB Microbiology Society, SN 1466-5034, AB Abstract We describe Candida caseinolytica, a new yeast species which occurs in rotting tissues of opuntias and other cacti in the North American Sonoran Desert and a few other localities. This small-celled, slowly growing yeast does not ferment any sugar and assimilates a limited number of carbon compounds, including 2- and 5-ketogluconic acids. It exhibits strong extracellular proteolytic activity on casein at pH 6.5, but gelatin is not hydrolyzed or is only weakly hydrolyzed by a few strains. The type strain of C. caseinolytica is strain UCD-FST 83-438.3 (= ATCC 90546 = CBS 7781)., UL https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-44-4-641