| lactobacillus hayakitensis sp. nov., isolated from intestines of healthy thoroughbreds. | two strains, kbl13(t) and gbl13, were isolated as one of intestinal lactobacilli from the faecal specimens from different thoroughbreds of the same farm where they were born in hokkaido, japan. they were gram-positive, facultatively anaerobic, catalase-negative, non-spore-forming and non-motile rods. kbl13(t) and gbl13 homofermentatively metabolize glucose, and produce lactate as the sole final product from glucose. the 16s rrna gene sequence, dna-dna hybridization, dna g+c content and biochemic ... | 2007 | 18048734 |