Fermentation of glucose-1-phosphate: a screening test for fermentative Bacteroides species.
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.
D000693:Anaerobiosis; D001439:Bacteroides / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*; D003106:Colon / Q000382:microbiology; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005285:Fermentation; D005958:Glucosephosphates / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases / Q000096:biosynthesis; D013045:Species Specificity
D005958:Glucosephosphates; D010744:Phosphoric Monoester Hydrolases