Taurine-reduction powers rapid growth of Bilophila wadsworthia: A liquid minimal-salts medium for clinical research?

Anaerobe

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 115-117

  Laue, Heike ^a   Schumacher, Ulrike K ^b   Cook, Alasdair M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bile acids; Bilophila wadsworthia; Minimal medium; Taurine

Indexed keywords

AGAR; TAURINE;

BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BILOPHILA WADSWORTHIA; CONFERENCE PAPER; CULTURE MEDIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTEROIDES; BILOPHILA WADSWORTHIA;

EID: 0033141222     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.1999.0210     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (10)

1. Baron E. J., Summanen P., Downes J., Roberts M. C., Wexler H., Finegold S. M. Bilophila wadsworthia, gen. nov. and sp. nov., a unique gram-negative anaerobic rod recovered from appendicitis specimens and human faeces. J Gen Microbiol. 135:1989;3405-3411.
2. Finegold S., Summanen P., Hunt Gerardo S., Baron E. Clinical importance of Bilophila wadsworthia. Eur J Clin Microbiol Inf Dis. 11:1992;1058-1063.
3. Schumacher U., Bücheler M. First isolation of Bilophila wadsworthia in otitis externa. HNO. 45:1997;567-569.
4. Marina M., Ivanova K., Ficheva M., Fichev G. Bilophila wadsworthia in brain abscess: case report. Anaerobe. 3:1997;107-109.
5. Schumacher, U. K. Bless, D. Plinker, P. K. Laue, H. Werner, H. 1999, Bilophila Wadsworthia in Ear Infections: Report of Three Cases.
6. stInternational Congress on Microbial Ecology and Disease, Paris.
7. Huxtable R. J. Physiological actions of taurine. Physiol Rev. 72:1992;101-163.
8. Laue H., Denger K., Cook A. M. Taurine reduction in anaerobic respiration of Bilophila wadsworthia RZATAU. Appl Environ Microbiol. 63:1997;2016-2021.
9. Widdel F., Pfenning N. Studies on dissimilatory sulfate-reducing bacteria that decompose fatty acids. I. Isolation of new sulfate-reducing bacteria enriched with acetate from saline environments. Description of Desulfobacter postgatei gen. nov., sp. nov. Arch Microbiol. 129:1981;395-400.
10. Moench T. T., Zeikus J. G. An improved preparation method for a titanium (III) media reductant. J Microbiol Meth. 1:1983;199-202.