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Isolation and characteristics of a wheatbran‐degrading Butyrivibrio from human faeces
Author(s) -
Rumney Corinne J.,
Duncan Sylvia H.,
Henderson C.,
Stewart C.S.
Publication year - 1995
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.1995.tb00435.x
Subject(s) - isolation (microbiology) , feces , human feces , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , chemistry , genetics
Screening over 100 isolates from human faeces for cellulolytic activity led to the isolation of a weakly cellulolytic anaerobic, curved, motile bacterium which produced H 2 , lactate and butyrate from wheatbran. The mol% of G + C in the DNA was 39–42. These properties, together with the Gram‐positive cell wall ultrastructure and SDS‐PAGE profile, are consistent with the genus Butyrivibrio. The isolate is believed to be the most active wheatbran‐degrading bacterium so far described.