Clostridium ramosum
| Clostridium ramosum | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Division: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Family: | Clostridiaceae |
| Genus: | Clostridium |
| Species: | Cl. ramosum |
| Binomial name | |
| Clostridium ramosum (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Holdeman et al. 1971, nom. approb.[1] | |
Clostridium ramosum is an anaerobic, non-motile, thin, spore-forming, gram-positive bacterium that is among the gut flora of humans.[2]
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 (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins) 10 (2): 123–24. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
- ↑ "Clostridium ramosum Promotes High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Gnotobiotic Mouse Models". 30 September 2014. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
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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