Name: Megasphaera paucivorans DSM 16981
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Strain identifier

BacDive ID: 17131

Type strain:

Species: Megasphaera paucivorans

Culture col. no.: DSM 16981, VTT E-032341

Strain history: <- R. Juvonen <- VTT

NCBI tax ID(s): 1122220 (strain), 349095 (species)

SI-ID 290985

DSM 16981, VTT E-032341

Special Collections

Section

Megasphaera paucivorans DSM 16981 is an anaerobe, Gram-negative, coccus-shaped bacterium that was isolated from spoiled Italian beer.

coccus-shaped
Gram-negative
anaerobe
16S sequence
Bacteria
genome sequence

Information on the name and the taxonomic classification. Name and taxonomic classification

	Last LPSN update	14-12-2023 (DD-MM-YYYY)
	Domain	"Bacteria"
	Phylum	*Bacillota*
	Class	*Negativicutes*
	Order	*Veillonellales*
	Family	*Veillonellaceae*
	Genus	*Megasphaera*
	Species	**Megasphaera paucivorans**
	Full Scientific Name (LPSN)	Megasphaera paucivorans Juvonen and Suihko 2006

Information on morphological and physiological properties Morphology

[Ref.: #31505]	Gram stain	negative

[Ref.: #31505]	Cell length	1.2-1.9 µm

[Ref.: #31505]	Cell width	1-1.4 µm

[Ref.: #31505]	Cell shape	coccus-shaped

[Ref.: #31505]	Motility	no

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Incubation period

3-7 days

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Pigment production

yes

Information on culture and growth conditions Culture and growth conditions

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Culture medium

MRS pre-reduced (DSMZ Medium 11b)

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Culture medium growth

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Culture medium link

Medium recipe at MediaDive

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Culture medium composition

expand / minimize

		Temperature
[Ref.: #6600]	growth	30 °C
[Ref.: #31505]	growth	15-37 °C
[Ref.: #31505]	optimum	30 °C

	pH	Kind of pH		pH
[Ref.: #31505]			optimum	7
[Ref.: #31505]			growth	7

Information on physiology and metabolism Physiology and metabolism

[Ref.: #6600]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe
[Ref.: #31505]	Oxygen tolerance	anaerobe

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Ability of spore formation

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Observation

aggregates in chains

	Metabolite	Utilization activity	Kind of utilization tested
[Ref.: #68380]	arginine ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	D-mannose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #31505]	gluconate ChEBI	+	carbon source
[Ref.: #68380]	L-glutamate ChEBI	-	degradation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	nitrate ChEBI	-	reduction	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	raffinose ChEBI	-	fermentation	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tryptophan ChEBI	-	energy source	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	urea ChEBI	-	hydrolysis	* from API rID32A

	Metabolite production	Metabolite	Production
[Ref.: #31505]		hydrogen sulfide ChEBI	yes
[Ref.: #68380]		indole ChEBI	no	* from API rID32A

	Physiological tests	Metabolite	Indole test
[Ref.: #68380]		indole ChEBI	-	* from API rID32A

	Enzyme	Enzyme activity	EC number
[Ref.: #68380]	alanine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.2	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alkaline phosphatase	-	3.1.3.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-arabinosidase	-	3.2.1.55	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-fucosidase	-	3.2.1.51	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.22	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	alpha-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.20	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	arginine dihydrolase	-	3.5.3.6	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-galactosidase	-	3.2.1.23	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphate	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-glucosidase	-	3.2.1.21	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	beta-glucuronidase	-	3.2.1.31	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glutamate decarboxylase	-	4.1.1.15	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glutamyl-glutamate arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	glycin arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	histidine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	L-arginine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	leucine arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	leucyl glycin arylamidase	-	3.4.11.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	N-acetyl-beta-glucosaminidase	-	3.2.1.52	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	phenylalanine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	proline-arylamidase	-	3.4.11.5	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	pyrrolidonyl arylamidase	-	3.4.19.3	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	serine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tryptophan deaminase	-	4.1.99.1	* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	tyrosine arylamidase	-		* from API rID32A
[Ref.: #68380]	urease	-	3.5.1.5	* from API rID32A
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API® rID32A:

Note that the displayed test results represent raw data and therefore may deviate!

	API ID	Urease/urea hydrolysisURE	Arginine dihydrolaseADH (Arg)	alpha-Galactosidasealpha GAL	beta-Galactosidasebeta GAL	beta-Galactosidase 6-phosphatebeta GP	alpha-Glucosidasealpha GLU	beta-Glucosidasebeta GLU	alpha-Arabinosidasealpha ARA	beta-Glucuronidasebeta GUR	beta-N-Acetyl-beta-glucosaminidasebeta NAG	Fermentation of D-mannoseMNE	Fermentation of raffinoseRAF	Glutamate decarboxylaseGDC	alpha-Fucosidasealpha FUC	Reduction of nitrateNIT	Indole productionIND	Alkaline phosphatasePAL	L-arginine arylamidaseArgA	Proline arylamidaseProA	Leucyl glycin arylamidaseLGA	Phenylalanine arylamidasePheA	Leucine arylamidaseLeuA	Pyrrolidonyl arylamidasePyrA	Tyrosine arylamidaseTyrA	Alanine arylamidaseAlaA	Glycin arylamidaseGlyA	Histidine arylamidaseHisA	Glutamyl-glutamate arylamidaseGGA	Serine arylamidaseSerA
[Ref.: #6600]	12189	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Pathway	Enzyme coverage	Annotated reactions
	Pathway annotation	Computationally determined by
[Ref.: #66794]	lipoate biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	methylglyoxal degradation	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	UDP-GlcNAc biosynthesis	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	gluconeogenesis	100	8 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	CDP-diacylglycerol biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	butanoate fermentation	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme A metabolism	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	threonine metabolism	100	10 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine betaine biosynthesis	100	5 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	CMP-KDO biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	adipate degradation	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	L-lactaldehyde degradation	100	3 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	ppGpp biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	suberin monomers biosynthesis	100	2 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	biotin biosynthesis	100	4 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	anapleurotic synthesis of oxalacetate	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	folate polyglutamylation	100	1 of 1
[Ref.: #66794]	chorismate metabolism	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	CO2 fixation in Crenarchaeota	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid A biosynthesis	88.89	8 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	C4 and CAM-carbon fixation	87.5	7 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	palmitate biosynthesis	86.36	19 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	propanol degradation	85.71	6 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B1 metabolism	84.62	11 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	glutamate and glutamine metabolism	82.14	23 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylacetate degradation (aerobic)	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	peptidoglycan biosynthesis	80	12 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	cellulose degradation	80	4 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	photosynthesis	78.57	11 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	serine metabolism	77.78	7 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylalanine metabolism	76.92	10 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen biosynthesis	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	acetate fermentation	75	3 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	ketogluconate metabolism	75	6 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	alanine metabolism	72.41	21 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	tetrahydrofolate metabolism	71.43	10 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	citric acid cycle	71.43	10 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolysis	70.59	12 of 17
[Ref.: #66794]	starch degradation	70	7 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	leucine metabolism	69.23	9 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	pyrimidine metabolism	68.89	31 of 45
[Ref.: #66794]	acetoin degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	formaldehyde oxidation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	aspartate and asparagine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	flavin biosynthesis	66.67	10 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	valine metabolism	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	methane metabolism	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	molybdenum cofactor biosynthesis	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	d-mannose degradation	66.67	6 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	cyanate degradation	66.67	2 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	lipid metabolism	64.52	20 of 31
[Ref.: #66794]	heme metabolism	64.29	9 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar acids	64	16 of 25
[Ref.: #66794]	oxidative phosphorylation	63.74	58 of 91
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B6 metabolism	63.64	7 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	pentose phosphate pathway	63.64	7 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	tryptophan metabolism	63.16	24 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	6-hydroxymethyl-dihydropterin diphosphate biosynthesis	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	isoleucine metabolism	62.5	5 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	histidine metabolism	62.07	18 of 29
[Ref.: #66794]	NAD metabolism	61.11	11 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	hydrogen production	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	Entner Doudoroff pathway	60	6 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	propionate fermentation	60	6 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	glycogen metabolism	60	3 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	lysine metabolism	59.52	25 of 42
[Ref.: #66794]	methionine metabolism	57.69	15 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	ubiquinone biosynthesis	57.14	4 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	purine metabolism	56.38	53 of 94
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of sugar alcohols	56.25	9 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of hexoses	55.56	10 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	cysteine metabolism	55.56	10 of 18
[Ref.: #66794]	proline metabolism	54.55	6 of 11
[Ref.: #66794]	arginine metabolism	54.17	13 of 24
[Ref.: #66794]	isoprenoid biosynthesis	53.85	14 of 26
[Ref.: #66794]	urea cycle	53.85	7 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	3-phenylpropionate degradation	53.33	8 of 15
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylmercury acetate degradation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	dTDPLrhamnose biosynthesis	50	4 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	selenocysteine biosynthesis	50	3 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	4-hydroxyphenylacetate degradation	50	5 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	glycolate and glyoxylate degradation	50	3 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	aminopropanol phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	kanosamine biosynthesis II	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of aromatic, nitrogen containing compounds	50	6 of 12
[Ref.: #66794]	ribulose monophosphate pathway	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	cis-vaccenate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	lactate fermentation	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	ethanol fermentation	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	dolichol and dolichyl phosphate biosynthesis	50	1 of 2
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfopterin metabolism	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	toluene degradation	50	2 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	coenzyme M biosynthesis	50	5 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	nitrate assimilation	44.44	4 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	vitamin B12 metabolism	44.12	15 of 34
[Ref.: #66794]	reductive acetyl coenzyme A pathway	42.86	3 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	cardiolipin biosynthesis	42.86	3 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	glutathione metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	tyrosine metabolism	42.86	6 of 14
[Ref.: #66794]	myo-inositol biosynthesis	40	4 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	O-antigen biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	phenol degradation	40	8 of 20
[Ref.: #66794]	metabolism of amino sugars and derivatives	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	factor 420 biosynthesis	40	2 of 5
[Ref.: #66794]	non-pathway related	39.47	15 of 38
[Ref.: #66794]	phenylpropanoid biosynthesis	38.46	5 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	carnitine metabolism	37.5	3 of 8
[Ref.: #66794]	acetyl CoA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	enterobactin biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	octane oxidation	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	IAA biosynthesis	33.33	1 of 3
[Ref.: #66794]	4-hydroxymandelate degradation	33.33	3 of 9
[Ref.: #66794]	sphingosine metabolism	33.33	2 of 6
[Ref.: #66794]	degradation of pentoses	32.14	9 of 28
[Ref.: #66794]	sulfate reduction	30.77	4 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	glycine metabolism	30	3 of 10
[Ref.: #66794]	bile acid biosynthesis, neutral pathway	29.41	5 of 17
[Ref.: #66794]	benzoyl-CoA degradation	28.57	2 of 7
[Ref.: #66794]	polyamine pathway	26.09	6 of 23
[Ref.: #66794]	androgen and estrogen metabolism	25	4 of 16
[Ref.: #66794]	cyclohexanol degradation	25	1 of 4
[Ref.: #66794]	phosphatidylethanolamine bioynthesis	23.08	3 of 13
[Ref.: #66794]	ascorbate metabolism	22.73	5 of 22
[Ref.: #66794]	allantoin degradation	22.22	2 of 9
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Information on isolation source, the sampling and environmental conditions Isolation, sampling and environmental information

[Ref.: #6600]	Sample type/isolated from	spoiled Italian beer
[Ref.: #6600]	Country	Italy
[Ref.: #6600]	Country ISO 3 Code	ITA
[Ref.: #6600]	Continent	Europe
* marker position based on {}

Isolation sources categories

#Engineered	#Food production	#Fermented
#Environmental	#Microbial community	-
#Engineered	#Food production	#Beverage

What are isolation sources categories?

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Global distribution of 16S sequence DQ223730 (>99% sequence identity) for Megasphaera from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	1110
Soil Samples	125
Animal Samples	838
Plant Samples	34
Total Samples	2107

Information on possible application of the strain and its possible interaction with e.g. potential hosts Safety information

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Biosafety level

Risk group (German classification)
According to TRBA 466

Information on genomic background e.g. entries in nucleic sequence databass Sequence information

16S Sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Sequence length (bp)	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #6600]	Megasphaera paucivorans strain VTT E-032341 16S ribosomal RNA gene, partial sequence	DQ223730	1553	GenBank ENA	349095 tax ID
[Ref.: #20218]	Megasphaera paucivorans gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence, strain: DSM 16981	AB609708	1184	GenBank ENA	349095 tax ID	*

Genome sequence information:

	Sequence accession description	Seq. accession number	Assembly level	Sequence database	Associated NCBI tax ID
[Ref.: #66792]	Megasphaera paucivorans DSM 16981	GCA_900103535	contig	GenBank ENA	349095 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Megasphaera paucivorans strain DSM 16981	349095.5	wgs	PATRIC	349095 tax ID	*
[Ref.: #66792]	Megasphaera paucivorans DSM 16981	2596583540	draft	JGI IMG/M	349095 tax ID	*

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GC-content

40.5 mol%

Data predicted using genome information as a basis Genome-based predictions

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 based on: Megasphaera paucivorans strain DSM 16981 PATRIC: 349095.5
[Ref.: #69481]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	81	no

	Trait	Model	Prediction	Confidence in %	In training data
	Predictions from Diaspora project based on: Megasphaera paucivorans strain DSM 16981 PATRIC: 349095.5
[Ref.: #69480]	gram-positive	gram-positiveⓘ	no	88.405	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	anaerobic	anaerobicⓘ	yes	85.222	no
[Ref.: #69480]	spore-forming	spore-formingⓘ	no	77.166	no
[Ref.: #69480]	aerobic	aerobicⓘ	no	91.593	no
[Ref.: #69480]	thermophilic	thermophileⓘ	no	91.407	yes
[Ref.: #69480]	flagellated	motile2+ⓘ	no	84.849	no

Availability in culture collections External links

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Culture collection no.

DSM 16981, VTT E-032341

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SI-ID 290985

Literature:

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
Phylogeny	Megasphaera hexanoica sp. nov., a medium-chain carboxylic acid-producing bacterium isolated from a cow rumen.	Jeon BS, Kim S, Sang BI	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijsem.0.001888	2017	*
Phylogeny	Megasphaera paucivorans sp. nov., Megasphaera sueciensis sp. nov. and Pectinatus haikarae sp. nov., isolated from brewery samples, and emended description of the genus Pectinatus.	Juvonen R, Suihko ML	Int J Syst Evol Microbiol	10.1099/ijs.0.63699-0	2006	*

References

#6600

Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 16981

#20215

Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )

#20218

Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )

#31505

Barberan A, Caceres Velazquez H, Jones S, Fierer N.: Hiding in Plain Sight: Mining Bacterial Species Records for Phenotypic Trait Information. mSphere 2: 2017 ( DOI 10.1128/mSphere.00237-17 , PubMed 28776041 ) - originally annotated from #27803 (see below)

#66792

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Automatically annotated for the DiASPora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#66794

Antje Chang, Lisa Jeske, Sandra Ulbrich, Julia Hofmann, Julia Koblitz, Ida Schomburg, Meina Neumann-Schaal, Dieter Jahn, Dietmar Schomburg: BRENDA, the ELIXIR core data resource in 2021: new developments and updates. Nucleic Acids Res. 49: D498 - D508 2020 ( DOI 10.1093/nar/gkaa1025 , PubMed 33211880 )

#68380

Automatically annotated from API rID32A .

#69479

João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .

#69480

Julia Koblitz, Joaquim Sardà, Lorenz Christian Reimer, Boyke Bunk, Jörg Overmann: Predictions based on genome sequence made in the Diaspora project (Digital Approaches for the Synthesis of Poorly Accessible Biodiversity Information) .

#69481

Xiao-Yin To, René Mreches, Martin Binder, Alice C. McHardy, Philipp C. Münch: Predictions based on the model GenomeNet Sporulation v. 1 . ( DOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-2527258/v1 )

#86130

Reimer, L.C., Lissin, A.,Schober, I., Witte,J.F., Podstawka, A., Lüken, H., Bunk, B.,Overmann, J.: StrainInfo: A central database for resolving microbial strain identifiers . ( DOI 10.60712/SI-ID290985.1 )

#27803

IJSEM 695 2006 ( DOI 10.1099/ijs.0.63699-0 , PubMed 16585679 )

* These data were automatically processed and therefore are not curated

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