Isolation and identification of strains of Bacteroides fragilis group from the digestive tract of Callithrix penicillata marmosets

M J Avila-Campos; N L Raymundo; L M Farias; S L Silva; M A Carvalho; C A Damasceno; L H Pereira; E O Cisalpino

doi:10.1258/002367790780890310

Isolation and identification of strains of Bacteroides fragilis group from the digestive tract of Callithrix penicillata marmosets

Lab Anim. 1990 Jan;24(1):68-70. doi: 10.1258/002367790780890310.

Authors

M J Avila-Campos¹, N L Raymundo, L M Farias, S L Silva, M A Carvalho, C A Damasceno, L H Pereira, E O Cisalpino

Affiliation

¹ Departmento de Microbiologia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil.

PMID: 2106054
DOI: 10.1258/002367790780890310

Abstract

Thirty-five strains of the Bacteroides fragilis group were isolated from oral and intestinal samples from 5 wild caught, captive Callithrix penicillata. Nine oral strains of Bacteroides fragilis (7) and Bacteroides distasonis (2), and 26 intestinal strains of Bacteroides fragilis (14) and Bacteroides distasonis (12) were identified.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Bacteroides fragilis / isolation & purification*
Callithrix / microbiology*
Callitrichinae / microbiology*
Dental Plaque / microbiology*
Female
Intestine, Large / microbiology
Intestine, Small / microbiology
Intestines / microbiology*