Fraction of all bacteria isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts of rodents that is M. schaedleri

Range ~27 %
Organism Bacteria Mucispirillum schaedleri
Reference Young KD. The selective value of bacterial shape. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev. 2006 Sep70(3):660-703 DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00001-06 p.681 left column top paragraphPubMed ID16959965
Primary Source [271] Robertson BR et al., Mucispirillum schaedleri gen. nov., sp. nov., a spiral-shaped bacterium colonizing the mucus layer of the gastrointestinal tract of laboratory rodents. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 2005 May55(Pt 3):1199-204 DOI: 10.1099/ijs.0.63472-0PubMed ID15879255
Comments P.681 left column top paragraph: "Campylobacter jejuni and Helicobacter pylori move through gastrointestinal mucus and high viscosity media, probably benefiting from their spiral shapes (ref 74, primary source, ref 321). Mucispirillum schaedleri, a newly described spiral species representing ~27% of all bacteria isolated from the gastrointestinal tracts of rodents, probably does the same (primary source)."
Entered by Uri M
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