Oxalobacter formigenes
"Oxalobacter formigenes" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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The sole species of the genus Oxalobacter consisting of straight or curved gram-negative rods with rounded ends. Cells are nonmotile, nonsporing, and use oxylates as the only source of CARBON and energy, with formate and CARBON DIOXIDE as end products. They are isolated from lake sediments and from the rumen or large bowel of humans and animals. (From Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 9th ed)
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D020624
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| MeSH Number(s) |
B03.440.425.410.580 B03.660.075.600.600
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