| bacteroides chinchillae sp. nov. and bacteroides rodentium sp. nov., isolated from chinchilla (chinchilla lanigera) faeces. | gram-negative anaerobic rods were isolated from chinchilla (chinchilla lanigera) faeces and three strains, st170(t), st180 and st28(t), were investigated taxonomically. on the basis of phylogenetic analyses and specific phenotypic characteristics, the three strains belonged to the genus bacteroides. phylogenetic analysis of their 16s rrna gene sequences revealed that strains st170(t) and st180 formed a single cluster and a distinct line of descent. strain st170(t) exhibited 99.7 % 16s rrna gene ... | 2011 | 20495039 |