title: Formate-dependent growth and homoacetogenic fermentation by a bacterium from human feces: description of Bryantella formatexigens gen. nov., sp. nov.
abstract: Formate stimulates growth of a new bacterium from human feces. With high formate, it ferments glucose to acetate via the Wood-Ljungdahl pathway. The original isolate fermented vegetable cellulose and carboxymethylcellulose, but it lost this ability after storage at -76 degrees C. 16S rRNA gene sequencing identifies it as a distinct line within the Clostridium coccoides supra-generic rRNA grouping. We propose naming it Bryantella formatexigens gen. nov., sp. nov.
authors.affiliation: Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Albany, New York 12201-0509, USA. wolin@yahoo.com
authors.forename: Meyer J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Wolin
authors.forename: Terry L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Matthew D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: Paul A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Lawson
mesh_terms: D000085:Acetates / Q000378:metabolism*; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000032:analysis; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal / Q000032:analysis; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D005285:Fermentation; D005561:Formates / Q000378:metabolism*; D016987:Gram-Positive Rods / Q000145:classification* / Q000235:genetics / Q000254:growth & development*; D006801:Humans; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D000085:Acetates; D003470:Culture Media; D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D004275:DNA, Ribosomal; D005561:Formates; D012336:RNA, Ribosomal, 16S; C030544:formic acid