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. 1972 May;110(2):751-3.
doi: 10.1128/jb.110.2.751-753.1972.

Novel anaerobic cellulolytic bacterium

J M Leatherwood, M P Sharma

Novel anaerobic cellulolytic bacterium

J M Leatherwood et al. J Bacteriol. 1972 May.

Abstract

A morphologically novel bacterium which ferments cellulose and produces butyric acid was isolated from a bovine rumen. It grows in long twisted chains that often form a double-helical pattern.

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