Experts have met to discuss the risks and knowledge gaps around Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens. At a Food and Agriculture Organization ...

Antibiotic alternatives are needed for controlling diseases that cause high mortality. A vaccine discovery for Clostridial dermatitis in turkeys could lead to developing improved prophylactic ...

Ultra-processed foods disrupt gut microbiome balance, causing inflammation, reduced microbial diversity, and increased gut ...

[Optimer, Unpublished data]. Box 1. Guidelines for current treatment of Clostridium difficile infection. Antiperistaltic agents and opiates should be avoided. In general, strive to use ...

Invasive species are any plant, animal, insect or plant disease not native to a specific location that can cause harm to the environment, impact the diversity of native species, reduce wildlife ...

The discovery of thousands of species unknown to science raised concerns about unintended impacts, but it also highlighted an unsettling fact about our relationship with the natural world ...

M Cairns is funded by a Doctoral Research Fellowship award from the National Institute for Health Research. This report is independent research arising from a CSO Healthcare Scientist Award ...

BioMérieux), as instructed by the manufacturer for the API 20A kit. 2.3 Clostridial ability to grow in the presence of chitin-based substrates as a single source of energy ...

In an article published in Cell Reports, Nagler’s team demonstrated that Clostridia-produced flagella and indole, a tryptophan metabolite, also promote barrier integrity. 3 To determine the role of ...

For more than 120 years, Fauna & Flora has been working with its partners around the world to protect threatened plant and animal species. Every year, our people work across hundreds of project sites, ...

Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) infection (CDI), the clinical manifestations of which (e.g., severe or bloody diarrhea, PMC, and toxic megacolon) are usually dangerous and fatal. C. difficile ...