Good clostridia prevents allergies and inflammatory bowel disease.

Good clostridia, prevents allergies and inflammatory bowel disease.While some species are harmful pathogens, such as C. difficile, many other Clostridia species are harmless or even beneficial. How? CD4⁺ T regulatory cells  have the the Foxp3 transcription factor that plays an important role in the maintenance of immune homeostasis.

Reference:
Induction of Colonic Regulatory T Cells by Indigenous Clostridium Species: Science December 2010