title: Isolation and characterization of some new oxalate-decomposing bacteria.
abstract: Forty-one cultures degrading and assimilating oxalate were isolated from chicken dung. Characterizarion indicated six different types. One of these belonged to thhe genus Alcaligenes hitherto never reported to degrade oxalte. Three groups of Pseudomonas strains differed physiologically from strains already known.
mesh_terms: D000421:Alcaligenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D010070:Oxalates / Q000378:metabolism*; D010860:Pigments, Biological / Q000032:analysis; D011549:Pseudomonas / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D010070:Oxalates; D010860:Pigments, Biological