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Re-assessment of phenotypic identifications of Bacteroides putredinis to Alistipes species using molecular methods.
Anaerobe - 1 Jun 2011
Tyrrell Kerin L, Warren Yumi A, Citron Diane M, Goldstein Ellie J C
Abstract excerpt
Alistipes (previously Bacteroides) are strictly anaerobic gram-negative rods that resemble the Bacteroides fragilis group in that most species are bile-resistant and indole-positive; however, they are only weakly saccharolytic and most species produce light brown pigment only on laked rabbit blood agar. In this retrospective study, we re-identified 18 organisms previously identified phenotypically as "Bacteroides...
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