title: CO2 -dependent growth of Succinatimonas hippei YIT 12066T isolated from human feces.
abstract: Succinatimonas hippei is a new bacterial species isolated from human feces. Here we report that the growth of S. hippei YIT 12066(T) depends on CO(2) or bicarbonate and the headspace gas produced by microbiota. Genetic defect for carbonic anhydrase in this bacterium suggested a reason for the syntrophic property of CO(2) dependency and may suggest an adaptation to its habitat.
authors.affiliation: Yakult Central Institute for Microbiological Research, Kunitachi 186-8650 Tokyo, Japan. masami-morotomi@yakult.co.jp
authors.forename: Masami
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Morotomi
authors.forename: Fumiko
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Nagai
authors.forename: Yohei
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Watanabe
mesh_terms: D001639:Bicarbonates / Q000378:metabolism; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases / Q000172:deficiency; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D044063:Succinivibrionaceae / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D001639:Bicarbonates; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D002256:Carbonic Anhydrases