In the name of the unpleasant bacterium c. difficile, what does the ‘C’ represent?
Clostridioides difficile (bacteria) ranging in genome size from about 30 to about 60 kb. Both environmentally and clinically derived "C. difficile" strains carry a diverse and prevalent set of prophages. Clostridioides difficile (bacteria) Clostridioides difficile (syn. "Clostridium difficile"), also known as C. difficile, C. diff (), or sometimes CDF/cdf, is a species of Gram-positive spore-forming bacterium. "Clostridioides" are anaerobic, motile bacteria, ubiquitous in nature, and especially prevalent in soil. Its vegetative cells are rod shaped, pleomorphic, and occur in pairs or short chains. Under the microscope, they appear as long, irregular (often drumstick- or spindle-shaped) cells with a bulge at their terminal ends
Clostridium difficile infection difficile" infection. The use of systemic antibiotics, including any penicillin-based antibiotic such as ampicillin, cephalosporins, and clindamycin, causes the normal microbiota of the bowel to be altered. In particular, when the antibiotic kills off other competing bacteria in the intestine, any bacteria remaining will have less competition for space and nutrients. The net effect is to permit more extensive growth than normal of certain bacteria. "C. difficile" is one such type of bacterium. In addition to proliferating in the bowel, "C. difficile" also produces toxins. Without either toxin A or toxin B, "C. difficile" may colonize the gut, but is