C. diff uses toxic compound to fuel growth advantage

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Mar 25, 2025, 11:49 am144 pts
The pathogen C. diff -- the most common cause of health care-associated infectious diarrhea -- can use a compound that kills the human gut's resident microbes to survive and grow, giving it a competitive advantage in the infected gut. A team has discovered how C. diff (Clostridioides difficile) converts the…

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