Clostridium scindens
| Clostridium scindens | |
|---|---|
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Firmicutes |
| Class: | Clostridia |
| Order: | Clostridiales |
| Family: | Clostridiaceae |
| Genus: | Clostridium |
| Species: | C. scindens |
| Binomial name | |
| Clostridium scindens Hall & O'Toole, 1935 | |
Clostridium scindens is a species of bacteria in the genus Clostridium. Samples of this species were first isolated from human feces.[1]
Clostridia (members of the genus Clostridium) are anaerobic, motile bacteria, ubiquitous in nature, and especially prevalent in soil. Under the microscope, they appear as long, irregular (often drumstick- or spindle-shaped) cells with a bulge at their terminal ends.
C. scindens is capable of converting primary bile acids to toxic secondary bile acids, as well as converting glucocorticoids to androgens by side-chain cleavage.[2]
C. scindens may become established in the human colon, and its presence is associated with resistance to C. difficile infection, due to production of seconadry bile acids which inhibit the growth of “C. difficile”. [3]
References
- ↑ MORRIS, G. N.; WINTER, J.; CATO, E. P.; RITCHIE, A. E.; BOKKENHEUSER, V. D. (1 October 1985). "Clostridium scindens sp. nov., a Human Intestinal Bacterium with Desmolytic Activity on Corticoids". International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology. 35 (4): 478–481. doi:10.1099/00207713-35-4-478.
- ↑ Ridlon, J. M.; Ikegawa, S.; Alves, J. M. P.; Zhou, B.; Kobayashi, A.; Iida, T.; Mitamura, K.; Tanabe, G.; Serrano, M.; De Guzman, A.; Cooper, P.; Buck, G. A.; Hylemon, P. B. (15 June 2013). "Clostridium scindens: a human gut microbe with a high potential to convert glucocorticoids into androgens". The Journal of Lipid Research. 54 (9): 2437–2449. doi:10.1194/jlr.M038869.
- ↑ http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v517/n7533/abs/nature13828.html