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Butyrivibrio

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Butyrivibrio [¦byüd·ə·rə′vī·brē‚ō]
(microbiology)
A genus of gram-negative, strictly anaerobic bacteria of uncertain affiliation; motile curved rods occur singly, in chains, or in filaments; ferment glucose to produce butyrate.


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He was looking at one of the long sugar molecules made by the bacterium Butyrivibrio fibrisolvens, in hopes of explaining why the long sugars constructed by some bacteria aren't broken down by enzymes from other bacteria.
 
 
 
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