The Occurence and Properties of Uric Acid Decomposing Anaerobic Bacteria in the Avian Caecum

作者：Ella M. Barnes, C. S. Impey · 发表于：Journal of Applied Bacteriology · 年份：1974 · DOI：10.1111/j.1365-2672.1974.tb00455.x · 被引用次数：94 · 研究领域：Meat and Animal Product Quality、Animal Nutrition and Physiology、Ruminant Nutrition and Digestive Physiology

S ummary . Anaerobic bacteria which decompose uric acid have been found in the caeca of chickens, turkeys, ducks, pheasants and guinea‐fowl at levels between 5.4 × 10 8 and 1.8 × 10 10 /g of caecal material (wet weight). A study has been made of the properties and identity of 35 strains which were present in high numbers in the chicken caecum. The isolates included strains of Bacteroides clostridiiformis var. clostridiiformis, Fusobacterium plauti, Clostridium malenominatum, Peptostreptococcus productus and a number of types which could not be identified with known species. Of these 3 were Bacteroides spp., 3 Eubacterium spp., 2 Peptostreptococcus spp. and 1 was an anaerobic Streptococcus . None of the strains had an absolute requirement for uric acid.