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The Occurence and Properties of Uric Acid Decomposing Anaerobic Bacteria in the Avian Caecum
Author(s) -
Barnes Ella M.,
Impey C. S.
Publication year - 1974
Publication title -
journal of applied bacteriology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.889
H-Index - 156
eISSN - 1365-2672
pISSN - 0021-8847
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2672.1974.tb00455.x
Subject(s) - caecum , peptostreptococcus , clostridium perfringens , anaerobic bacteria , bacteroides , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , anaerobic exercise , bacteria , clostridium , eubacterium , fusobacterium , clostridia , cecum , medicine , physiology , ecology , genetics
S ummary . Anaerobic bacteria which decompose uric acid have been found in the caeca of chickens, turkeys, ducks, pheasants and guinea‐fowl at levels between 5.4 × 10 8 and 1.8 × 10 10 /g of caecal material (wet weight). A study has been made of the properties and identity of 35 strains which were present in high numbers in the chicken caecum. The isolates included strains of Bacteroides clostridiiformis var. clostridiiformis, Fusobacterium plauti, Clostridium malenominatum, Peptostreptococcus productus and a number of types which could not be identified with known species. Of these 3 were Bacteroides spp., 3 Eubacterium spp., 2 Peptostreptococcus spp. and 1 was an anaerobic Streptococcus . None of the strains had an absolute requirement for uric acid.