| Clostridium |
spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore
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| Clostridium botulinum |
botulinus: anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism
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| Clostridium perfringens |
anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
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| Clostridium histolyticum collagenase |
any of several forms of microbial collagenase isolated from Clostridium histolyticum that catalyze the cleavage of collagen into small fragments, cleaving it in the triple helical region N-terminal to glycine residues. The extracellular Zn 2 + enzyme degrades the collagen framework of muscles, facilitating the spread of gas gangrene by C. histolyticum.
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| Clostridium perfringens |
Clostridium perfringens is an anaerobic, gram positive, spore-forming, rod shaped bacterium. Clostridia are ubiquitous and found in soil, decaying vegetation, marine sediment, and the intestinal tract of humans, other vertebrates, and insects. They are also commonly recovered from infected sites but usually as a component of a polymicrobial flora, which makes their role in pathogenesis difficult to establish. ...
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