''Anaerococcus tetradius'' is a bacterium from the family
Peptoniphilaceae. It was first isolated from vaginal discharges and ovarian abscesses,
but is a common member of the vaginal flora.
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Biochemistry
''A. tetradius'' can
ferment
Fermentation is a metabolism, metabolic process that produces chemical changes in organic Substrate (chemistry), substrates through the action of enzymes. In biochemistry, it is narrowly defined as the extraction of energy from carbohydrates in ...
glucose and mannose.
References
Bacteria described in 1983
Eubacteriales
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