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A Note on the Isolation of Spiral‐shaped Bacteria from the Caecum of Mice
Author(s) -
ROACH SALLY,
TANNOCK G. W.
Publication year - 1979
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.1365-2672.1979.tb01213.x
Subject(s) - caecum , isolation (microbiology) , bacteria , microbiology and biotechnology , spiral (railway) , cecum , biology , flora (microbiology) , medicine , ecology , genetics , mathematics , mathematical analysis
Fourteen isolates of spiral‐shaped bacteria were isolated from the caecum of conventional mice. All of the isolates had the same characteristics and resembled, but did not conform exactly to, the species Campylobacter faecalis.