| bacteroides pectinophilus sp. nov. and bacteroides galacturonicus sp. nov.: two pectinolytic bacteria from the human intestinal tract. | studies on the physiological characteristics of two obligately anaerobic, rod-shaped bacteria from the human intestinal tract indicated that the organisms represented two previously undescribed species of bacteroides, for which we propose the names bacteroides pectinophilus (type strain, n3) and bacteroides galacturonicus (type strain, n6). both strains were pectinophilic; that is, they utilized as fermentable substrates for growth only pectin and a few related compounds. the two species differe ... | 1986 | 3777933 |