In your gut: How bacteria survive low oxygen environments

(Instituto de Tecnologia Qu í mica e Biol ó gica Ant ó nio Xavier da Universidade NOVA de Lisboa - ITQB NOV) Researchers from ITQB NOVA, in collaboration with the Institut Pasteur in Paris, have shed light on the mechanisms that allow Clostridioides difficile, a pathogen that can only grow in oxygen-free environments, to survive low oxygen levels. C. difficile is a major cause of intestinal problems associated with the use of antibiotics, causing an estimated number of 124k cases per year in the EU, costing on average 5k € per patient, as a direct consequence of healthcare-associated contagion.
Source: EurekAlert! - Infectious and Emerging Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Source Type: news