Bacteroides oulorum sp. nov., a Nonpigmented Saccharolytic Species from the Oral Cavity

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Abstract
Bacteroides oulorum, a new nonpigmented, saccharolytic species from oral cavities, is described. This species differs both biochemically and chemically from related taxa, such as Bacteroides oralis, Bacteroides buccalis, Bacteroides denticola, Bacteroides veroralis, and Bacteroides pentosaceus. The major fermentation products in glucose broth are acetate and succinate. In common with other members of the genus Bacteroides, all strains contain malate dehydrogenase and glutamate dehydrogenase, but they differ from some species, such as Bacteroides fragilis, in lacking glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and 6-phosphogluconate dehydrogenase. The long-chain fatty acids are predominantly of the straight-chain saturated, iso- and anteiso-methyl branched types, with 12-methyltetradecanoic acid constituting the major acid. Strains of B. oulorum can be clearly distinguished from other oral Bacteroides species by the presence of major amounts of unsaturated menaquinones with 10 isoprene units. The deoxyribonucleic acid base composition of B. oulorum is 45 to 46 mol% guanine plus cytosine. The type strain is WPH 179 (= NCTC 11871).