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. 1980 Jan;39(1):261–264. doi: 10.1128/aem.39.1.261-264.1980

A Thick-Walled Organism Isolated from the Cockroach Gut by Using a Spent Medium Technique

Diana Loeb Cruden 1, A J Markovetz 1
PMCID: PMC291312  PMID: 16345493

Abstract

By using a conditioning technique whereby complex media are inoculated several times with bacteria from the hindgut of the cockroach Eublaberus posticus, a succession of bacterial types occurred. An obligately anaerobic, pleomorphic, thick-walled, gram-positive organism is described which was isolated by this culturing technique.

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