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Bilophila wadsworthia
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
General
deltaproteobacteria
Properties
KINGDOM: monera
DIVISION: SCHIZOMYCETES
References
- MicrobeWiki: Bilophila wadsworthia
https://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Bilophila_wadsworthia
- David LA et al.
Diet rapidly and reproducibly alters the human gut microbiome.
Nature 2014 Jan 23; 505:559
PMID: 24336217
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: 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/