First crystal structure of the C. difficile surface protein Cwp84. ScienceDaily . Retrieved May 5, 2025 from www.sciencedaily.com / releases / 2014 / 08 / 140819113006.htm ...

As the major surface antigen of C. difficile, ... Kirby, J. M. et al. Cwp84, a surface-associated cysteine protease, plays a role in the maturation of the surface layer of Clostridium difficile. J.

Clostridium difficile is a major problem as an aetiological agent for antibiotic-associated ... and colleagues have reported the first crystal structure of the C. difficile surface protein Cwp84.

An international team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces in Potsdam has developed a vaccine based on a carbohydrate against the Clostridium difficile bacterium ...

Flushing fecal matter contaminated with Clostridium difficile sends some bacteria into air, ... When the lid was closed, researchers recovered no C difficile from agar plates on any surface.

Stellar Biotechnologies, Inc. , announced today the presentation of a preclinical poster relating to its research on Clostridium difficile , at the Society for Glycobiology 2015 Annual Meeting, in ...

Clostridium difficile kills 13,000 people each year in the US alone. A new antibiotic tested in mice works better than our first-line treatments against infection – and prevents reinfection too ...

Clostridium difficile produces toxins in the gut which get into cells in the intestinal mucosal surface, disrupting their barrier function. Researchers have long known how these toxins affect cells.