Isolation and characteristics of a wheatbran-degrading Butyrivibrio from human faeces |
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| Authors: | Corinne J Rumney Sylvia H Duncan C Henderson CS Stewart |
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| Institution: | BIBRA International, Carshalton, Surrey;Nutrition Division, Rowett Research Institute, Bucksburn, Aberdeen;Department of Food and Consumer Studies, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK |
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| 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. |
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