Clostridioides difficile para-Cresol Production Is Induced by the Precursor para-Hydroxyphenylacetate
Clostridioides difficile is an etiological agent for antibiotic-associated diarrheal disease. C. difficile produces a phenolic compound, para -cresol, which selectively targets gammaproteobacteria in the gut, facilitating dysbiosis. C. difficile...