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ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF A MUCIN‐DEGRADING STRAIN OF PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS FROM RAT INTESTINAL TRACT
Author(s) -
CarlstedtDuke BODIL,
Midtvedt TORE,
Nord CARL ERIK,
Gustafsson BENGT E.
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
acta pathologica microbiologica scandinavica series b: microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.909
H-Index - 88
eISSN - 1600-0463
pISSN - 0108-0180
DOI - 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1986.tb03056.x
Subject(s) - mucin , microbiology and biotechnology , caecum , peptostreptococcus , in vivo , isolation (microbiology) , strain (injury) , biology , chemistry , bacteria , biochemistry , anatomy , medicine , bacteroides , genetics
A mucin‐degrading microorganism was isolated from the intestinal tract by serial sectioning from the serosal side of the caecum wall from a conventinal rat. The ability of degrading the intestinal water‐soluble mucin was present both in vivo after monocontamination of germ‐free rats and in vitro , when adding the microbe to Mucin medium. The morphology, Gram‐positive cocci single or in short chains and the very weak biochemical activities allow us to place this strain in the species Peptostreptococcus micros.