Clostridium perfringens (formerly known as C. welchii, or Bacillus welchii) is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium of the genus Clostridium. C. perfringens is ever present in nature and can be found as a normal component of decaying vegetation, marine sediment, the intestinal tract of humans and other vertebrates, insec...
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(from the article `Clostridium`) ...the causative agent of botulism (q.v.), are the most potent poisons known. The toxin of C. tetani causes tetanus (q.v.) when introduced into ... ...the various microorganisms. These toxins usually affect the cells lining the intestinal wall, causing vomiting and diarrhea. Microorganisms ... The gen...
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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) ...
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A type of bacteria that is the most common agent of gas gangrene and can also cause food poisoning as well as a fulminant form of bowel disease called necrotizing colitis.
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A ubiquitous soil bacteria that can cause a deadly infection known as gas gangrene when it infects w
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Type: Term Definitions: 1. a bacterial species that is the chief causative agent of gas gangrene in humans and a cause of gas gangrene in other animals, especially sheep; it may also be involved in causing enteritis, appendicitis, and puerperal fever; it is one of the most common causes of food poisoning in the U. S. This organism is found in soil,...
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Clostridium perfringens: A type of bacteria that is the most common agent of gas gangrene and can also cause food poisoning as well as a fulminant form of bowel disease called necrotizing colitis. Clostridium perfringens is the same as Clostridium welchii.
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noun anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
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