Assignment of Eubacterium sp. VPI 12708 and related strains with high bile acid 7α-dehydroxylating activity to Clostridium scindens and proposal of Clostridium hylemonae sp. nov., isolated from human faeces

International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 971-978

  Kitahara, Maki ^a   Takamine, Fusae ^b   Imamura, Teisuke ^b   Benno, Yoshimi ^a  

^a RIKEN BIORESOURCE CENTER   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

7 dehydroxylation; Bile acid; Clostridium hylemonae; Clostridium scindens; Eubacterium sp. VPI 12708

Indexed keywords

BILE ACID; RIBOSOME DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILE ACID METABOLISM; CLOSTRIDIUM; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EUBACTERIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TAXONOMY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM HYLEMONAE; CLOSTRIDIUM SCINDENS; EUBACTERIUM; EUBACTERIUM SP.; POSIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA; UNCULTURED EUBACTERIUM;

EID: 0034034841     PISSN: 14665026     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/00207713-50-3-971     Document Type: Article

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