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
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]

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
  1. "Clostridium ramosum". Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services. Retrieved 7 January 2012.
  2. 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.
  3. 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. Retrieved 2 October 2014.


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