Clostridium magnum
Clostridium magnum is an obligate anaerobe classified as an acetogenic bacterium, meaning it produces acetate as a primary metabolic end product by reducing carbon dioxide with molecular hydrogen, a process called acetogenesis. The indexed research covers its lithotrophic growth, the acetoin dehydrogenase enzyme system, oxygen tolerance mechanisms, and more recently its characterization as a potential bio-stabilizing agent in anaerobic digestion of organic waste. C. magnum is not a probiotic organism; it is studied primarily in the context of environmental biotechnology and anaerobic fermentation rather than gut health or human supplementation. These are research topics, not findings; the papers do not establish that this strain treats or prevents any condition.
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Share of this strain's 2 body-system-tagged papers that concern each system. Research coverage, not measured effect.
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10 papers reference this strain in the probiotic database.
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