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Isolation of Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens from human polymicrobial abscesses
Author(s) -
Murdoch D.A.,
Mitchelmore I.J.
Publication year - 1989
Publication title -
letters in applied microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.698
H-Index - 110
eISSN - 1472-765X
pISSN - 0266-8254
DOI - 10.1111/j.1472-765x.1989.tb00331.x
Subject(s) - peptostreptococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , novobiocin , biology , neomycin , isolation (microbiology) , bacteroides , anaerobic bacteria , bacteroidaceae , bacteria , antibiotics , genetics
Five strains of Peptostreptococcus heliotrinreducens were identified out of 256 strains of Gram‐positive anaerobic cocci from human sources. They could be distinguished from similar organisms, notably P. micros , by their preformed enzyme profile, colonial morphology and sensitivity to novobiocin and neomycin. They were isolated from polymicrobial abscesses in which other anaerobes, particularly Bacteroides spp., were present.