Acquisition site-based remodelling of Clostridium perfringens- and Clostridioides difficile-related gut microbiota

Introduction: Clostridium perfringens is a gram-positive, anaerobic sporulating bacillus which can infect several hosts, thereby being considered the causative agent of many gut illnesses. Some studies have suggested that C. perfringens’s virulence factors may negatively affect gut microbiota homeos...