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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 contents of pigs but were unable to isolate pectinophiles from the rumen contents of four sheep, even when the animals...
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