Utilization of Xylan by Two Species of Human Colonic
            <i>Bacteroides</i>

Salyers, Abigail A.; Gherardini, Frank C.; O'Brien, M.

doi:10.1128/aem.41.4.1065-1068.1981

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“…Ribosomal rDNA sequences of bacteria related to lineages that degrade protein, such as the Bacteroidetes, were recovered. Bacteroidetes are important proteolytic species identified in humans [Macfarlane et al, 1986;MacFarlane & Cummings, 1991;Salyers et al, 1981]. Representatives of this group may play a role in the transformation of protein in the pygmy loris.…”

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Phylogenetic analysis of the fecal flora of the wild pygmy loris

Huang

Wang

et al. 2010

American J Primatol

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The bacterial diversity in fecal samples from the wild pygmy loris was examined with a 16S rDNA clone library and restriction fragment length polymorphism analysis. The clones were classified as Firmicutes (43.1%), Proteobacteria (34.5%), Actinobacteria (5.2%), and Bacteroidetes (17.2%). The 58 different kinds of 16S rDNA sequences were classified into 16 genera and 20 uncultured bacteria. According to phylogenetic analysis, the major genera within the Proteobacteria was Pseudomonas, comprising 13.79% of the analyzed clone sequences. Many of the isolated rDNA sequences did not correspond to known microorganisms, but had high homology to uncultured clones found in human feces.

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Phylogenetic analysis of the fecal flora of the wild pygmy loris

Huang

Wang

et al. 2010

American J Primatol

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“…Hydrolytic enzymes specifically active on algal xylans have been identified in h'fjirithecium, from the sheep's rumen (Percival 1970) and Aspergillus niger (Lahaye and Vigouroux 1992). However, xylanases and /I-xylosidases are commonly produced by human colonic bacteria, including members of the genus Bucteroides (Salyers et a/. 1981(Salyers et a/.…”

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Digestive fates of soluble polysaccharides from marine macroalgae: involvement of the colonic microflora and physiological consequences for the host

Michel

Macfarlane

1996

Journal of Applied Bacteriology

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“…Xylan-utilizing bacteria have been isolated from the human colon and from the rumen of cattle. Some of the xylan-degrading enzymes produced by these obligate anaerobes have been characterized biochemically (5,8,12). However, to assess the importance of a particular enzyme for growth on xylan, genetic studies must be done.…”

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“…Some Bacteroides species can utilize xylan as a sole source of carbohydrate (13) and may thus serve as models for genetic analysis of xylan utilization by gram-negative anaerobes. The best-studied xylan-degrading Bacteroides species is Bacteroides ovatus (12,20). Recently, Whitehead and Hespell (20) cloned two B. ovatus xylan utilization genes, one of which encoded a xylanase and one of which encoded a bifunctional xylosidase-arabinosidase.…”

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