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Clostridium difficile
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Environmental
Where this strain was first isolated, curated from the literature and culture-collection catalogs. It describes provenance only — not suitability, and not benefit.
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Sequenced
Whether a public genome assembly is linked for this strain. Without one the genome screens cannot run. It is not a verdict on the organism.
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Public genome assembly available
Clostridium difficile (now classified as Clostridioides difficile) is a spore-forming bacterium and recognized human pathogen responsible for C. difficile infection (CDI), a serious cause of antibiotic-associated colitis. It is not a probiotic organism. No strain-specific probiotic or beneficial health evidence is linked to this entry in the indexed literature.
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