Eubacterium minutum sp. nov., Isolated from Human Periodontal Pockets

1 January 1996

journal article
Published by Microbiology Society in International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology

Vol. 46 (1) , 31-34
https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-46-1-31

Abstract

We describe Eubacterium minutum sp. nov., which was isolated from human periodontal pockets. This new species was established on the basis of DNA-DNA hybridization data. The guanine-plus-cytosine content of its DNA is 38 to 40 mol%. The results of differential biochemical and enzymatic tests are described. The type strain of this species is strain M-6.

Keywords

MINUTUM SP
DIFFERENTIAL
ENZYMATIC
EUBACTERIUM
PERIODONTAL
MOL
NOV
POCKETS