Thomasclavelia ramosa explained

Thomasclavelia ramosa is an anaerobic, non-motile, thin, spore-forming, gram-positive bacterium that is among the gut flora of humans.^[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.^[2]

See also

• Human microbiome

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

Notes and References

1. 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 . 10.1097/00019048-200102000-00010. free .
2. mBio . 5 . 5 . e01530-14 . 30 September 2014 . 10.1128/mBio.01530-14 . 25271283 . 4196224 . Woting . Anni . Pfeiffer . Nora . Loh . Gunnar . Klaus . Susanne . Blaut . Michael .