The microbiota of the human large intestine influences health and well-being. Whereas it
has long been accepted that gut bacteria play a role in host pathogenesis, current opinion is …

Isoprenoid quinones are constituents of bac-terial plasma membranes (176) and play impor-tant
roles in electron transport, oxidative phosphorylation, and, possibly, active transport (19, …

Lactic acid bacteria, a broad group of Gram-positive, non-sporing rods and cocci, usually
non-motile, that utilize carbohydrates fermentatively and form lactic acid as the major end-…

Menaquinones were the only isoprenoid quinones found in 48 corynebacteria and actinomycete
strains examined. Dihydromenaquinones having nine isoprene units were the main …

The 16S rRNA gene sequences of 34 named and unnamed clostridial strains were determined
by PCR direct sequencing and were compared with more than 80 previously determined …

The human intestinal tract harbors a complex microbial ecosystem which plays a key role in
nutrition and health. Although this microbiota has been studied in great detail by culture …

Streptococci (206 cultures) previously identified as enterococci were retrieved from storage
and reidentified by using tests designed to identify species of the genus Enterococcus. Of …

… 2 MD Collins, "Applications and time-domain solution of … Collins, "Higher-order parabolic
approximations for accurate … 23 MD Collins and EK Westwood, "A higher-order energy-…

Strains representing the taxa Cellulomonas, Oerskovia, Brevibacterium fermentans,
Corynebacterium manihot and Nocardia cellulans were degraded by acid methanolysis and the non…

Strains of 2, 4‐diaminobutyric acid‐containing coryneform bacteria were degraded by acid
methanolysis and the non‐hydroxylated fatty acid esters released examined by thin‐layer …