Isolation and characterization of new strains of cholesterol-reducing bacteria from baboons
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Applied and Environmental Microbiology
- Vol. 43 (1), 86-89
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aem.43.1.86-89.1982
Abstract
Nine new strains of cholesterol-reducing bacteria were isolated from feces and intestinal contents of baboons. Cholesterol-brain agar was used for the primary isolation and subsequent biochemical tests were done in a lecithin-cholesterol broth containing plasmenylethanolamine and various substrates. All strains had similar colony and cell morphology, hydrolyzed the .beta.-glucosides esculin and amygdalin, metabolized pyruvate, and produced acetate and acetoin. Unlike previously reported strains, the 9 new strains did not require cholesterol and an alkenyl ether lipid (e.g., plasmalogen) for growth; only 2 strains reduced cholesterol in the absence of the plasmalogen. These 2 strains also produced succinate as an end product. Carbohydrate fermentation was variable; some strains produced weak acid (pH 5.5-6.0) from only a few carbohydrates, whereas other strains produced strong acid reactions (pH .ltoreq. 5.5) from a wide variety of carbohydrates.This publication has 8 references indexed in Scilit:
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