Our friend here, Clostridium butyricum (also known as C butyricum), is one of the hardest working microbes living in our gut. Without its exhaustive work, we might find ourselves constantly feeling a ...

Recently, there was news that food poisoning caused by Clostridium perfringens occurred at Tokushima Prison.This time, I would like to talk about food poisoning as a reminder to be careful.[News Detai ...

Experts have met to discuss the risks and knowledge gaps around Clostridium botulinum and Clostridium perfringens. At a Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) meeting in Rome in February, experts ...

It’s easy to spot, and may help you keep your food safer.

A research team led by the University of Waterloo is developing a novel tool to treat cancer by engineering hungry bacteria to literally eat tumors from the inside out. Bacteria spores enter the tumor ...

In experiments with obese mice, the molecule reduced visceral fat – the metabolically active fat that surrounds internal organs and is strongly associated with insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes.

A group of gut bacteria successfully hindered recurrent Clostridium difficile infection in mice, offering alternative therapeutic strategies to antibiotics and fecal transplant. “To a certain extent, ...