TY - JOUR T1 - Relative carriage rates of nuclear dehydrogenating clostridia in two populations of different colorectal cancer risk JF - Journal of Clinical Pathology JO - J Clin Pathol SP - 93 LP - 95 DO - 10.1136/jcp.36.1.93 VL - 36 IS - 1 AU - SP Borriello AU - BS Drasar AU - A Tomkins AU - MJ Hill Y1 - 1983/01/01 UR - http://jcp.bmj.com/content/36/1/93.abstract N2 - Carriage of nuclear dehydrogenating clostridia has been associated with colon cancer and implicated in its aetiology. This study has compared the carriage of these organisms in a British population at high risk for the development of colon cancer with a low risk Nigerian population. Clostridia were found in all of the stools from both populations. Nuclear dehydrogenating clostridia were only found in the stools of the British subjects (32%). These results support the suggestion that the carriage rate of nuclear dehydrogenating clostridia in a population is related to the risk of colon cancer. ER -