title: Novel anaerobic cellulolytic bacterium.
abstract: A morphologically novel bacterium which ferments cellulose and produces butyric acid was isolated from a bovine rumen. It grows in long twisted chains that often form a double-helical pattern.
mesh_terms: D000693:Anaerobiosis; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification* / Q000166:cytology / Q000254:growth & development / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D001431:Bacteriological Techniques; D002087:Butyrates / Q000096:biosynthesis; D002417:Cattle; D002482:Cellulose / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D003596:Cytosine / Q000032:analysis; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D005285:Fermentation; D006151:Guanosine / Q000032:analysis; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D012417:Rumen / Q000382:microbiology*
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D006151:Guanosine; D003596:Cytosine; D002482:Cellulose