clostridium
noun
any of several rod-shaped, spore-forming, anaerobic bacteria of the genus Clostridium, found in soil and in the intestinal tract of humans and animals.
clostridial
-
a word derived from
clostridium.
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Kenya Honda, a microbiologist at Keio University in Tokyo, was among the first to uncover the critical role of clostridial microbes in maintaining a balanced immune system.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 25, 2015
But more surprising, people who did not have disease but who carried the predisposing NOD2 variants also had a relative depletion of clostridial clusters.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 25, 2015
Those suffering from inflammatory bowel disease had reduced counts of clostridial bacteria, the scientists found.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 25, 2015
He extracted just 17 clostridial species this time that, in mice, could induce a full repertoire of Tregs and prevent inflammation.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 25, 2015
And when no fiber comes down the hatch, the clostridial microbes and others can switch to sugars in the intestinal mucous layer—sugars we produce, apparently, to keep them happy.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 25, 2015
