UNUSUAL BACTEROIDES -LIKE ORGANISM

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Goldberg, Herbert S. (University of Missouri, Columbia), Ella M. Barnes, and Anthony B. Charles . Unusual Bacteroides -like organism. J. Bacteriol. 87: 737–742. 1964.—An organism is described which appears to be a new species of gram-negative, anaerobic, nonsporulating rod. It was isolated from poultry caeca at levels of 10 7 to 10 8 per g. It is primarily distinguished from related organisms by its unusual size (2.0 by 10.0 μ). It is biochemically differentiated from known species of Bacteroides, Fusobacterium, Sphaerophorous , and other accepted related genera. Its presence in large numbers in the gut of poultry, and its high metabolic activity would seem to indicate an important intestinal organism.