Browsing Research publications by Author "Rodríguez, César"
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Non-Toxigenic Clostridioides difficile Strain E4 (NTCD-E4) Prevents Establishment of Primary C. difficile Infection by Epidemic PCR Ribotype 027 in an In Vitro Human Gut Model
Etifa, Perezimor; Rodríguez, César; Harmanus, Céline; Sanders, Ingrid M. J. G.; Sidorov, Igor A.; Mohammed, Olufunmilayo A.; Savage, Emily; Timms, Andrew R.; Freeman, Jane; Smits, Wiep Klaas; Wilcox, Mark H.; Baines, Simon D. (2023-02-22)Clostridioides difficile infection (CDI) remains a significant healthcare burden. Non-toxigenic C. difficile (NTCD) strains have shown a benefit in preventing porcine enteritis and in human recurrent CDI. In this study, ... -
The Novel Phages phiCD5763 and phiCD2955 Represent Two Groups of Big Plasmidial Siphoviridae Phages of Clostridium difficile
Ramírez-Vargas, Gabriel; Goh, Shan; Rodríguez, César (2018-01-22)Until recently, Clostridium difficile phages were limited to Myoviruses and Siphoviruses of medium genome length (32–57 kb). Here we report the finding of phiCD5763, a Siphovirus with a large extrachromosomal circular ...