Urease-producing species of intestinal anaerobes and their activities.

Applied and environmental microbiology ·Vol. 37 ·No. 3 ·1979-03-00 ·Pages 379-82

Suzuki K, Benno Y, Mitsuoka T, Takebe S, Kobashi K, Hase J

Abstract

Urease activities of anaerobic bacteria that constituted predominant gut flora were examined. It was demonstrated that some strains of Eubacterium aerofaciens, E. lentum, and Peptostreptococcus products produced urease. They were the most numerous species in human feces. All strains of Bifidobacterium infantis and some strains of Bacteroides multiacidus, B. bifidum, Clostridium symbiosum, Fusobacterium necrophorum, F. varium, Lactobacillus fermentum, Peptococcus asaccharolyticus, and P. prevotii produced urease. The optimum pH of the Lactobacillus urease was found to be 4.0, whereas the pH value of B. multiacidus urease was 8.0.

MeSH Terms

Anaerobiosis Bacteria/enzymology Feces/microbiology Humans Hydrogen-Ion Concentration Intestines/microbiology Species Specificity Urease/biosynthesis,metabolism

Chemicals

Urease

Authors & Affiliations

6 authors, click to expand affiliations / ORCID

Suzuki K

Benno Y

Mitsuoka T

Takebe S

Kobashi K

Hase J

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Article Info

Journal

Applied and environmental microbiology

Abbr.

Appl Environ Microbiol

ISSN

0099-2240

DOI

10.1128/aem.37.3.379-382.1979

Published

1979-03-00

Pages

379-82

Language

English

Region

United States

NLM ID

7605801

PMCID

PMC243225

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