| Clostridium sporogenes | A species found in intestinal contents, gaseous gangrene, and soil; it is not pathogenic for guinea pigs or rabbits, but does produce a slight, temporary, local tumefaction. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| Clostridium tale | A species found in a case of acute appendicitis and in canned fish; pathogenicity for laboratory animals is variable. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Clostridium tertium | A species found in wounds, but that is nonpathogenic for laboratory animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| clostridium tetani | The cause of tetanus in humans and domestic animals. It is a common inhabitant of human and horse intestines as well as soil. Two components make up its potent exotoxin activity, a neurotoxin and a haemolytic toxin. (12 Dec 1998) |
| Clostridium tetanoides | A species found in war wounds, postmortem blood cultures, and garden soil. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Clostridium tetanomorphum | A species found in war wounds and soil; it is not pathogenic for rabbits or guinea pigs. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Clostridium thermosaccharolyticum | A species of thermophilic bacteria found in "hard swell" of canned goods; it is not pathogenic to laboratory animals. (05 Mar 2000) |
| Clostridium welchii | The most common aetiologic agent of gas gangrene. It is differentiable into several distinct types based on the distribution of twelve different toxins. (12 Dec 1998) |