Murein types in Bifidobacterium ruminantium, Bifidobacterium merycicum and Bifidobacterium saeculare.

The murein types of strains belonging to Bifidobacterium ruminantium, Bifidobacterium merycicum and Bifidobacterium saeculare were determined. B. ruminantium was found to posses a different type of murein from B. adolescentis. B. merycicum and B. saeculare have the same type of murein that is shared by many other species of the genus.