%0 Journal Article %A Rodwell, A. W. %T The Occurrence and Distribution of Amino-acid Decarboxylases within the Genus Lactobacillus %D 1953 %J Microbiology, %V 8 %N 2 %P 224-232 %@ 1465-2080 %R https://doi.org/10.1099/00221287-8-2-224 %I Microbiology Society, %X SUMMARY: Bacteria possessing active amino-acid decarboxylases, isolated from horse-stomach and sheep-rumen contents, were classified within the genus Lactobacillus. One strain, studied in detail, was a homolactic fermenter, the lactic acid formed being optically inactive; lactose was not fermented. Of twenty-six named strains belonging to eight species of the genus, only two possessed amino-acid decarboxylases, namely, one strain of L. pentoaceticus and one strain of L. bifidus. %U https://www.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/micro/10.1099/00221287-8-2-224