Isolation of a Cellulolytic <i>Bacteroides</i> sp. from Human Feces

H. G. Betian, B. Linehan, M. P. Bryant, Lillian V. Holdeman

Applied and Environmental Microbiology · 1977 · 79 citations · 7 references

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An anaerobic cellulolytic bacterium, identified as a Bacteroides sp., was present in 10(-8) g of feces from only one of five human subjects.

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