Clostridium
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Broader Terms
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Narrower Terms
Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens
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Related Terms
botulism, Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin, colitis, gram positive bacteria, tetanus toxin
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Scope Note
genus of motile or nonmotile gram positive bacteria of the family Clostridiaceae; many species have been identified with some being pathogenic, occurring in water, soil, and in the intestinal tract of humans and lower animals.
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Facts (generated by robot; please edit if you find it inaccurate)
- Clostridium is not much better.
- Clostridium is found in the feces of humans, cats, pigs, sheep, dogs, ducks, and geese in large numbers.
- The noun clostridium has one meaning: Meaning #1: spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore Synonym: clostridia Wikipedia Clostridium Clostridium is a large genus of Gram-positive bacteria, belonging to the Firmicutes.
- The results of our phylogenetic analysis corroborate and extend previous findings in showing that the genus Clostridium is extremely heterogeneous, with many species phylogenetically intermixed with other spore-forming and non-spore-forming genera.
- Clostridium is a MAJOR problem in the goat industry.
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