| sharpea azabuensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a gram-positive, strictly anaerobic bacterium isolated from the faeces of thoroughbred horses. | four bacterial strains, designated st18(t), hm244, hm250 and di49, were isolated from the fresh faeces of four thoroughbred horses in japan. cells were gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, catalase-negative, non-spore-forming, non-motile rods that occurred in chains. they were placed in the same subcluster based on 16s rrna gene sequence analysis, phenotypic characteristics and levels of dna-dna relatedness. their dna g+c content ranged from 36 to 38 mol%. lactobacillus catenaformis, lactobacillus ... | 2008 | 19060040 |