Peptoclostridium difficile, an anaerobic pathogen, known as causative agent of pseudomembranous colitis and nosocomial diarrhoea. It can also form highly resistant endospores which lay the basic foundations of infection prior germination in the human guts. P. difficile exploits toxins TcdA and TcdB ...
ORGANISM(S): Peptoclostridium difficile (strain 630) (Clostridium difficile)