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SUBMITTER: Matthies A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2655447 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Matthies Anastasia A Blaut Michael M Braune Annett A
Applied and environmental microbiology 20090109 6
A rod-shaped gram-positive anaerobic bacterium, strain HE8, was isolated from human feces. The isolate was able to convert the isoflavones daidzein and genistein to equol and 5-hydroxy-equol, respectively. Based on phenotypic and phylogenetic analyses, strain HE8 is described as a new species, Slackia isoflavoniconvertens. ...[more]