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... > Bacteria > Gram-Negative Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Bacteria > Gram-Negative Anaerobic Straight, Curved, and Helical Rods > Faecalibacterium > Faecalibacterium prausnitzii
Bacteria > Firmicutes > Clostridiales > Faecalibacterium > Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

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Faecalibacterium prausnitzii  

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Entry terms

  • Fusobacterium prausnitzii

Scope note

  • A species of FAECALIBACTERIUM, previously classified in the FUSOBACTERIUM genus, that is a major constituent of the GUT MICROBIOTA in healthy humans. It has anti-inflammatory activity and reduced numbers of this species occur in patients with INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASES such as CROHN DISEASE.

History note

  • 2017

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D000070037

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