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Bifidobacterium scardovii sp. nov., from human sources.
International journal of systematic and evolutionary microbiology - 1 May 2002
Hoyles Lesley, Inganäs Elisabeth, Falsen Enevold, Drancourt Michel, Weiss Norbert, McCartney Anne L, Collins Matthew D
Abstract excerpt
Five strains of an unusual catalase-negative Gram-positive asporogenous rod-shaped bacterium from human sources were subjected to a polyphasic taxonomic study. The presence of fructose-6-phosphate phosphoketolase, a key enzyme of bifidobacterial hexose metabolism, indicated the strains were members of the genus Bifidobacterium but they did not correspond to any of the recognized species of this genus on the basis...
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