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Clostridium symbiosumRANK: SpeciesTAXONOMY: Terrabacteria group -> Firmicutes -> Clostridia -> Clostridiales -> Lachnospiraceae -> Lachnoclostridium -> Clostridium symbiosum OVERVIEW: [Launay A, Ballard SA, Johnson PD, Grayson ML, Lambert T (2006) Transfer of vancomycin resistance transposon Tn1549 from Clostridium symbiosum to Enterococcus spp. in the gut of gnotobiotic mice. Antimicrob Agents Chemother 50:1054–1062]We describe a fatal case of Clostridium symbiosum bacteremia in a 70-year-old man with metastatic colon cancer. Our report is the first, in the world literature, of human infection caused by this microorganism.[http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC516307/]Synonyms : JCM 1297, DSM 934, Clostridium symbiosum, Bacteroides symbiosus, ATCC. Direct sub-taxa of Clostridium symbiosum: Clostridium symbiosum ATCC 14940, Clostridium symbiosum WAL-14163, Clostridium symbiosum WAL-14673 This species has been identified as a resident in the human gastrointestinal tract based on the phylogenetic framework of its small subunit ribosomal RNA gene sequences.[PMC 4262072] |