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. 1976 Feb;31(2):320–321. doi: 10.1128/aem.31.2.320-321.1976

Fermentation of glucose-1-phosphate: a screening test for fermentative Bacteroides species.

T D Wilkins, C B Walker
PMCID: PMC169767  PMID: 187117

Abstract

Of 1,504 strains of anaerobic bacteria tested, 544 produced acid from glucose-1-phosphate. Of these, 535 were fermentative strains of Bacteroides; only three fermentative Bacteroides strains were negative. The reaction may be useful for determination of the number of Bacteroides species present in colon content and feces.

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