Article
Biochemical and chemical studies on strains designated Prevotella intermedia and proposal of a new pigmented species, Prevotella nigrescens sp. nov.
International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Oct 1992
Shah H N, Gharbia S E
Abstract excerpt
A total of 31 strains of Prevotella intermedia were subjected to DNA-DNA hybridization and were characterized by performing physiological tests and by performing a multilocus enzyme analysis, using malate dehydrogenase and glutamate dehydrogenase. All of the strains assigned to P. intermedia fermented glucose and sucrose, hydrolyzed starch but not esculin, and produced indole, acetic, isobutyric, isovaleric, and...
Topics
- Bacterial Typing Techniques
- Bacteroides
- Cellobiose
- Culture Media
- DNA, Bacterial
- Fermentation
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Phenotype
- Pigmentation
- Xylans
