[Demonstration of the presence of Methanobrevibacter in a colon cancer Chinese patient].
A fecal specimen from a Chinese patient (85-year-old man) suffering from colonic cancer was examined for the presence of methane-producing bacteria. As a result, a Methanobrevibacter organism was isolated. Our isolate did not grow in the presence of bile salts, a result different from Methanobrevibacter from healthy Americans' feces by Miller et al.
Xu
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Shanghai Technical Teacher's College.
Xi
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Wang
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Lu
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Xiao
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000382:microbiology*; D019605:Euryarchaeota / Q000302:isolation & purification*; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male