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Association of rat, pig, and fowl biotypes of lactobacilli with the stomach of gnotobiotic mice

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We grouped 20 isolates of lactobacilli from the stomach of conventional rats, 21 isolates from pig stomachs, and 19 isolates from the crop of fowls according to their ability to ferment N-acetylglucosamine, dextrin, cellobiose, gum arabic, and xylan. Most of the isolates did not resemble previously describedLactobacillus species. Representative group A isolates were associated with germ-free mice. Only a rat isolate was able to colonize the keratinized squamous epithelium of the stomach of gnotobiotic mice.

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Wesney, E., Tannock, G.W. Association of rat, pig, and fowl biotypes of lactobacilli with the stomach of gnotobiotic mice. Microb Ecol 5, 35–42 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02010576

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