Thomasclavelia ramosa is an anaerobic, non-motile, thin, spore-forming, gram-positive bacterium that is among the gut flora of humans.[2]
Thomasclavelia ramosa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | Bacillota |
Class: | Erysipelotrichia |
Order: | Erysipelotrichales |
Family: | Coprobacillaceae |
Genus: | Thomasclavelia |
Species: | T. ramosa
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Binomial name | |
Thomasclavelia ramosa (Veillon and Zuber 1898)
Lawson et al. 2023 [1] | |
Synonyms | |
Research
editThe 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
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c d Page Species: Thomasclavelia ramosa on "LPSN - List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature". Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen. Retrieved 2023-04-08.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.