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is an important nosocomial pathogen, resulting in antibiotic-associated disease ranging from mild diarrhoea to the life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis. Upon antibiotic exposure, it is believed that the normal bowel microflora of patients is disrupted, allowing to proliferate. Significantly, is among only a few bacteria able to ferment tyrosine to -cresol, a phenolic compound that is toxic to other microbes via its ability to interfere with metabolism. Therefore, the ability of different strains to produce and tolerate -cresol may play an important role in the development and severity of -associated disease. In this study, it was demonstrated that two hypervirulent 027 strains (Stoke Mandeville and BI-16) are more tolerant to -cresol than other strains including 630, CF4 and CD196. Surprising, it was shown that also has a high tolerance to -cresol, suggesting an overlap in the tolerance pathways in these clostridial species.

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