Open AccessFermentation of glucose-1-phosphate: a screening test for fermentative Bacteroides species
Author(s) -
T D Wilkins,
Clay Walker
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
applied and environmental microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.552
H-Index - 324
eISSN - 1070-6291
pISSN - 0099-2240
DOI - 10.1128/aem.31.2.320-321.1976
Subject(s) - bacteroides , fermentation , microbiology and biotechnology , bacteria , biology , anaerobic bacteria , anaerobic exercise , feces , phosphate buffered saline , food science , chemistry , chromatography , physiology , genetics
Of 1,504 strains of anaerobic bacteria tested, 544 produced acid from glucose-1-phosphate. Of these, 535 were fermentative strains of Bacteroides; only three fermentative Bacteroides strains were negative. The reaction may be useful for determination of the number of Bacteroides species present in colon content and feces.
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