title: Isolation and characteristics of a wheatbran-degrading Butyrivibrio from human faeces.
abstract: Screening over 100 isolates from human faeces for cellulolytic activity led to the isolation of a weakly cellulolytic anaerobic, curved, motile bacterium which produced H2, lactate and butyrate from wheatbran. The mol% of G + C in the DNA was 39-42. These properties, together with the Gram-positive cell wall ultrastructure and SDS-PAGE profile, are consistent with the genus Butyrivibrio. The isolate is believed to be the most active wheatbran-degrading bacterium so far described.
authors.affiliation: BIBRA International, Carshalton, Surrey, UK.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Rumney
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Duncan
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Henderson
authors.forename: C S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Stewart
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001438:Bacteroidaceae / Q000302:isolation & purification* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D001673:Biodegradation, Environmental; D002087:Butyrates / Q000378:metabolism; D020148:Butyric Acid; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005260:Female; D006094:Gram-Positive Bacteria / Q000648:ultrastructure; D006801:Humans; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D014908:Triticum / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002087:Butyrates; D004043:Dietary Fiber; D020148:Butyric Acid