BACTEROIDES ORALIS, PROPOSED NEW SPECIES ISOLATED FROM THE ORAL CAVITY OF MAN

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Loesche, W. J. (Forsyth Dental Center and Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, Mass.), S. S.Socransky, and R. J. Gibbons.Bacteroides oralis, proposed new species isolated from the oral cavity of man. J. Bacteriol.88:1329–1337. 1964.—Twenty-seven strains of oral bacteroides were characterized and compared with a National Collection of Type Cultures strain ofBacteroides fragilisas well as strains of intestinal bacteroides. A combination of acid end products, gas production, pentose fermentation, and 10% bile tolerance afforded a basis for separation of oral strains from intestinal strains. The oral strains produced succinic, lactic, acetic, and formic acids but no gas. They were inhibited by 10% bile, and did not ferment xylose and arabinose. Intestinal strains consistent with the description forB. fragilisproduced succinic, formic, acetic, and propionic acids and gas, with a few strains forming lactic acid. They were stimulated by 10% beef bile, and fermented xylose and arabinose. The oral strains are sufficiently different from intestinal strains of theB. fragilistype, so that they appear to constitute a separate species. It is proposed that they be recognized asB. oralis, sp. n.