Susan Lynch (San Francisco, USA) extended that discussion in the context of interleukin 17–producing helper T cells, showing that the transfer of enteric bacteria (directly or via cohousing ...

It tests an organism's ability to ferment the sugar glucose as well as its ability to convert the end product of glycolysis, pyruvic acid into gaseous byproducts. This is a test commonly used when ...

“But one of the surprising organisms that we can isolate from gym equipment is enteric organisms – they’re the organisms that you find in your bowel. To put it plain and simply, when you ...

Patients with Crohn’s disease and spondyloarthritis have a unique composition of enteric bacteria that may differentiate them from people without joint involvement.

The most widely held hypothesis on the pathogenesis of IBD is that overly aggressive acquired (T cell) immune responses to a subset of commensal enteric bacteria develop in genetically susceptible ...