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Wiese, M. (author), Schuren, F.H.J. (author), Smits, W.K. (author), Kuijpers, E.J. (author), Ouwens, A. (author), Heerikhuisen, M. (author), Vigsnaes, L. (author), van den Broek, T.J. (author), de Boer, P. (author), Montijn, R.C. (author), Vossen, J.M.B.M. (author)Background: Clostridioides difficile is a Gram-positive anaerobic bacterium that can produce the toxins TcdA and/or TcdB and is considered an opportunistic pathogen. C. difficile is mainly transmitted as endospores, which germinate to produce the pathogenic vegetative cells under suitable conditions in the gut. To efficiently screen novel...article 2022
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Venhorst, J. (author), van der Vossen, J.M.B.M. (author), Agamennone, V. (author)The pathogenic Clostridioides difficile and Clostridium perfringens are responsible for many health care-associated infections as well as systemic and enteric diseases. Therefore, they represent a major health threat to both humans and animals. Concerns regarding increasing antibiotic resistance (related to C. difficile and C. perfringens) have...article 2022