<named-content content-type="genus-species">Clostridium ramosum</named-content> Promotes High-Fat Diet-Induced Obesity in Gnotobiotic Mouse Models

ABSTRACT The intestines of obese humans and mice are enriched with Erysipelotrichi, a class within the Firmicutes. Clostridium ramosum, a member of the Erysipelotrichi, is associated with symptoms of the metabolic syndrome in humans. To clarify the possible obesogenic potential of this bacterial spe...

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Main Authors: Anni Woting, Nora Pfeiffer, Gunnar Loh, Susanne Klaus, Michael Blaut
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2014-10-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.01530-14