Clostridium ramosum
Clostridium ramosum is an anaerobic, non-motile, thin, spore-forming, gram-positive bacterium that is among the gut flora of humans.[2]
| Clostridium ramosum | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Eubacteriales |
| Family: | Clostridiaceae |
| Genus: | Clostridium |
| Species: | C. ramosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Clostridium ramosum (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Holdeman et al. 1971, nom. approb.[1] | |
Research
The bacterium has a possible obesogenic potential but the underlying mechanism of this observed effect in mice are unclear. It is suggested that this microbe under a high-fat diet helps to reinforce the sugar and fat absorption. The associated higher intake of energy-supplying nutrients makes the fat grow faster - a factor of obesity.[3]
See also
References
- "Clostridium ramosum". Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- Mohandas, Rajesh; Poduval, Rajiv D.; Unnikrishnan, Dilip; Corpuz, Marilou (2001). "Clostridium ramosum Bacteremia and Osteomyelitis in a Patient with Infected Pressure Sores". Infectious Diseases in Clinical Practice. 10 (2): 123–24. doi:10.1097/00019048-200102000-00010.
- Woting, Anni; Pfeiffer, Nora; Loh, Gunnar; Klaus, Susanne; Blaut, Michael (30 September 2014). "Clostridium ramosum Promotes High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Gnotobiotic Mouse Models". mBio. 5 (5): e01530-14. doi:10.1128/mBio.01530-14. PMC 4196224. PMID 25271283.
External links
- Identification of Clostridium Species and DNA Fingerprinting of Clostridium perfringens by Amplified Fragment Length Polymorphism Analysis (2006)
- Type strain of Clostridium ramosum at BacDive - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
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