Bacteroides intestinalis

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Classification

Higher order taxa

Bacteria; Bacteroidetes; Bacteroidia; Bacteroidales; Bacteroidaceae; Bacteroides

Species

intestinalis

Description

Bacteroides intestinalis are rod shaped, gram negative, anaerobic cells. They are not motile, nor do they form spores. The cells occur singly (approximately 0.8 µm wide and 1-5 µm long), but after approximately two days, transluscent-whitish colonies (raised, circular and 1-3 mm in diameter) will form. They grow optimally at 37 degrees Celsius, consistent with human body temperature. Simple sugars such as glucose, lactose, sucrose, maltose, xylose, arabinose, cellobiose, mannose, as well as polysaccharides such as raffinose and rhamnose are metabolized creating an acid as a biproduct.

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References

[Sample reference] Takai, K., Sugai, A., Itoh, T., and Horikoshi, K. "Palaeococcus ferrophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a barophilic, hyperthermophilic archaeon from a deep-sea hydrothermal vent chimney". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2000. Volume 50. p. 489-500.

Edited by (Amanda Hayes), student of Rachel Larsen at the University of Southern Maine