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ArticleGut microbes2019

The role of trehalose in the global spread of epidemic Clostridium difficile.

James Collins, Heather Danhof, Robert A Britton

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Article in Gut microbes, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 31 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

31 citing papers in PubMed.

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  15. Trehalose-Induced Remodelling of the Human Microbiota AffectsFrontiers in cellular and infection microbiology · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

James Collinsa Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA.ORCID 0000-0003-2479-5189
Heather Danhofa Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6347-0021
Robert A Brittona Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology , Baylor College of Medicine , Houston , TX , USA.

Funding

Decoding Antibiotic-induced Susceptibility to Clostridium difficile InfectionU01AI124290 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BRITTON, ROBERT A, GAREY, KEVIN W · 2016 to 2020
$7.9M
Diet driven evolution of epidemic ribotypes of Clostridium difficileR01AI123278 · NIAID · BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE · PI BRITTON, ROBERT A · 2018 to 2022
$2.0M
NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI123278NIAID NIH HHS U01 AI124290
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In a recent study, we reported on two distantly related, epidemic lineages of Clostridium difficile that have acquired independent mechanisms to metabolize low concentrations of trehalose. Here we provide further comment and evidence that a third epidemic lineage common in Asia and Europe, ribotype 017, has evolved this ability.

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Anti-Bacterial AgentsAsiaClostridioides difficileClostridium InfectionsDietary SugarsEuropeGastrointestinal MicrobiomeHumansRibotypingTrehaloseAnti-Bacterial AgentsDietary SugarsTrehaloseClostridium difficileenteric pathogenribotype 017RT017trehalose

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PMID30118389
PMCPMC6546318

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