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ArticleScientific reports2017

Evaluating the effect of Clostridium difficile conditioned medium on fecal microbiota community structure.

Sabina Horvat, Aleksander Mahnic, Martin Breskvar, Saso Dzeroski, Maja Rupnik

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed.

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5 · Who and what money

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5 authors.

Sabina HorvatUniversity of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine, Maribor, Slovenia.
Aleksander MahnicNational Laboratory for Health, Environment and Food, Maribor, Slovenia.
Martin BreskvarJozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.ORCID 0000-0002-9079-3993
Saso DzeroskiJozef Stefan Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Maja RupnikUniversity of Maribor, Faculty of Medicine, Maribor, Slovenia. maja.rupnik@nlzoh.si.ORCID 0000-0003-1930-3290

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Clostridium difficile infection (CDI) is typically associated with disturbed gut microbiota and changes related to decreased colonization resistance against C. difficile are well described. However, nothing is known about possible effects of C. difficile on gut microbiota restoration during or after CDI. In this study, we have mimicked such a situation by using C. difficile conditioned medium of six different C. difficile strains belonging to PCR ribotypes 027 and 014/020 for cultivation of fecal microbiota. A marked decrease of microbial diversity was observed in conditioned medium of both tested ribotypes. The majority of differences occurred within the phylum Firmicutes, with a general decrease of gut commensals with putative protective functions (i.e. Lactobacillus, Clostridium_XIVa) and an increase in opportunistic pathogens (i.e. Enterococcus). Bacterial populations in conditioned medium differed between the two C. difficile ribotypes, 027 and 014/020 and are likely associated with nutrient availability. Fecal microbiota cultivated in medium conditioned by E. coli, Salmonella Enteritidis or Staphylococcus epidermidis grouped together and was clearly different from microbiota cultivated in C. difficile conditioned medium suggesting that C. difficile effects are specific. Our results show that the changes observed in microbiota of CDI patients are partially directly influenced by C. difficile.

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BiodiversityClostridioides difficileCluster AnalysisCulture Media, ConditionedFecesMicrobiotaPhylogenyRibotypingSpecies SpecificityCulture Media, Conditioned

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PMCPMC5703886

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