Anaerobe Gut Flora May Impact Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

March 24, 2015

 

Anaerobes are Everywhere!  Our Modified Columbia Agar (MCA) has been used with great success in isolating Bifidobacterium to aid in the diagnosis of good health.  As more and more research continues to uncover the impact our gut flora has on our overall health we noted the recent attention surrounding Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and it's role in Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis.  

 

Formerly known as Fusobacterium prausnitzii, the obligate anaerobe is found in human feces.  It's one of the most abundant colonizers of the human colon.  Based on rRNA sequencing,  F. prausnitzii is most closely related to Clostridium leptum group.  As a result, a new genus was named Faecalibacterium.  Both Fusobacterium and Clostridia grow well on PRAS Brucella media.  We expect Faecalibacterium prausnitzii and it's other newly isolated strains would also grow on premium anaerobic media.  

Yes, it's a fairly new anaerobe. Similar to Fusobaterium, but a new genus was created.

How Faecalibacterium relates to Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

 

OxyPRAS Plus Brucella media is an enriched, general purpose medium used for the isolation of anaerobes.  To learn more, please visit www.oxyrase.com or contact us at info@oxyrase.com.                                                                                                    

  Faecalibacterium prausnitzii

(Picture courtesy of  ibdwatch.com)

 

 

 

Keywords: bifidobacterium, brucella, faecalibacterium, mca