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Recent advances in the positive role of Clostridium in autoimmune diseases: as a crucial regulator of restoring immune-metabolic equilibrium [PDF]

open access: yesFrontiers in Immunology
Autoimmune diseases (ADs) are a group of conditions characterized by an overactive immune response that damages one or more organs or tissues of the body.
Jing-Yi Zhan   +10 more
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Major pathogenic Clostridia in human and progress toward the clostridial vaccines [PDF]

open access: yesIranian Journal of Basic Medical Sciences, 2022
The Clostridium genus is composed of a large spectrum of heterogeneous bacteria. They are Gram-positive, mostly mesophilic, and anaerobic spore-forming strains. Clostridia are widely distributed in oxygen-free habitats.
Lida Abdolmohammadi Khiav   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridioides difficile in Germany, 2014–2019

open access: yesInternational Journal of Medical Microbiology, 2021
Clostridioides difficile is a Gram positive spore-forming rod and mainly responsible for nosocomial diarrhea in developed nations. Molecular and antimicrobial surveillance is important for monitoring the strain composition including genotypes of high ...
Ahmed Mohamed Mostafa Abdrabou   +9 more
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In vitro assessment of the relationships between the digestion of different types of rice straw and bacterial community in the rumen

open access: yesCzech Journal of Animal Science, 2023
The aims of this study were to examine bacterial communities in relation to the rumen digestion of rice straw and to understand how concentrate supplements affect gut bacteria involving the digestion of a rice straw-based diet.
Ajmal Wali, Naoki Nishino
doaj   +1 more source

Identification and Characterisation of Spore-Forming Bacteria in Bovine Raw Milk Collected from Four Dairy Farms in New Zealand

open access: yesDairy, 2023
Contamination of milk and dairy products with pathogenic and spoilage bacteria may result in huge economic loss due to recalls of products. This study aimed to identify spore-forming bacteria from raw milk and characterise those for toxin production and ...
Tanushree B. Gupta, Gale Brightwell
doaj   +1 more source

Molecular epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance of Clostridioides difficile detected in chicken, soil and human samples from Zimbabwe

open access: yesInternational Journal of Infectious Diseases, 2020
Background: Clostridioides difficile is the major cause of infectious nosocomial diarrhoea in industrialized nations. Data on the occurrence of C. difficile in Africa, ribotype (RT) distribution, antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and potential ...
Fabian K. Berger   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Integration of Complete Plasmids Containing Bont Genes into Chromosomes of Clostridium parabotulinum, Clostridium sporogenes, and Clostridium argentinense

open access: yesToxins, 2021
At least 40 toxin subtypes of botulinum neurotoxins (BoNTs), a heterogenous group of bacterial proteins, are produced by seven different clostridial species.
Theresa J. Smith   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

In Search of the Best Technological Solutions for Optimal Biobutanol Production: A Multi-Criteria Analysis Approach

open access: yesEnvironmental and Climate Technologies, 2023
Rising energy demands and the environmental impact of fossil fuel combustion have promoted a growing interest in alternative fuel sources. Biobutanol is a promising biofuel that can be used as a partial or complete substitute for petrol in unmodified ...
Berzina Indra   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

DETECTION OF THE PREVALENCE AND PATHOGENICITY OF CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS AND CLOSTRIDIUM SPIROFORME ASSOCIATED DIARRHOEA IN RABBITS [PDF]

open access: yesAssiut Veterinary Medical Journal, 2006
A total of 140 rectal swabs, 20 of apparently healthy, 80 diarrhoeic rabbits and 40 freshly dead and sacrificed diarrhoeic rabbits 6-8 weeks-old collected from El-Minia and Assiut provinces.
A.A. ABDEL-RAHMAN   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Infective Endocarditis by Clostridioides and Clostridium Species—A Narrative Review

open access: yesAntibiotics, 2023
Bacteria of the genus Clostridium are anaerobic Gram-positive spore-forming bacilli that include more than 200 species. Some of them are known to cause invasive infections and diseases caused by the production of toxins.
Petros Ioannou   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

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