Lachnospira pectinoschiza sp. nov., an anaerobic pectinophile from the pig intestine.

doi:10.1099/00207713-44-1-87

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Lachnospira pectinoschiza sp. nov., an anaerobic pectinophile from the pig intestine.

International journal of systematic bacteriology - 1 Jan 1994

Cornick N A, Jensen N S, Stahl D A, Hartman P A, Allison M J

Abstract excerpt

Pectinophiles are bacteria that utilize pectin and only a few related compounds as substrates. Obligately anaerobic pectinophiles have been isolated from the intestinal tracts and gingivae of humans and from the rumina of cattle. We isolated three strains of pectinophilic bacteria from colonic co...

Topics

Animals
Bacteria, Anaerobic
Base Sequence
Gram-Positive Bacteria
Intestine, Large
Molecular Sequence Data
Pectins
Phenotype
RNA, Ribosomal, 16S
Sheep
Swine

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