Bilophila wadsworthia
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Pathology
- found in patients with appendicitis
- activity of Bilophila wadsworthia associated with an animal-based diet may play a role in triggering inflammatory bowel disease[2]
Pharmacology
- penicillin resistant
Laboratory
- gram negative anaerobic rod
- fermentation in the gut using taurine as the final electron acceptor [2
- urease-positive, bile resistant, catalase-positive
More general terms
References
- ↑ MicrobeWiki: Bilophila wadsworthia https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Bilophila_wadsworthia
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 David LA et al. Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome. Nature 2014 Jan 23; 505:559 <PubMed> PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24336217 <Internet> http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v505/n7484/full/nature12820.html
- ↑ Baron EJ Bilophila wadsworthia: a unique Gram-negative anaerobic rod. Anaerobe. 1997 Apr-Jun;3(2-3):83-6. PMID: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16887567
- ↑ University of Chicago. June 13m 2012 Western diet changes gut bacteria and triggers colitis in those at risk. http://www.uchospitals.edu/news/2012/20120613-milkfat.html
- ↑ Diet Changes Gut Bacteria in One Day: Harvard. Dec 12, 2013 http://www.newsmax.com/Health/Health-News/gut-bacteria-diet-microbiome-Bilophila-wadsworthia/2013/12/12/id/541513/