Clostridium ramosum

Clostridium ramosum
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Bacteria
Division:	Firmicutes
Class:	Clostridia
Family:	Clostridiaceae
Genus:	Clostridium
Species:	Cl. ramosum
Binomial name
Clostridium ramosum (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Holdeman et al. 1971, nom. approb.

Clostridium ramosum is an anaerobic, non-motile, thin, spore-forming, gram-positive bacterium that is among the gut flora of humans.

The bacterium has a possible obesogenic potential but the underlying mechanism of this observed effect in mice are unclear. It is suggested that this microbe under a high-fat diet helps to reinforce the sugar and fat absorption. The associated higher intake of energy-supplying nutrients makes the fat grow faster - a factor of obesity.

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