Clostridium tetani is a common soil bacterium and the causative agent of tetanus. Vegetative cells of Clostridium tetani are usually rod-shaped and up...

and gas gangrene. Clostridium tetani causes tetanus. Several more pathogenic species, that were previously described in Clostridium, have been found to...

rigid'), also known as lockjaw, is a bacterial infection caused by Clostridium tetani and characterized by muscle spasms. In the most common type, the spasms...

Clostridium perfringens (formerly known as C. welchii, or Bacillus welchii) is a Gram-positive, bacillus (rod-shaped), anaerobic, spore-forming pathogenic...

Clostridium botulinum is a gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming, motile bacterium with the ability to produce botulinum toxin, which is...

as hot dogs, unpasteurized milk, delicatessen meats, and cheese. Clostridium tetani can cause a generalised form of tetanus in the neonate. This usually...

an extremely potent neurotoxin produced by the vegetative cell of Clostridium tetani in anaerobic conditions, causing tetanus. It has no known function...

interference with its release within the spinal cord (such as during a Clostridium tetani infection) can cause spastic paralysis due to uninhibited muscle contraction...

Clostridium tarantellae Clostridium tepidiprofundi Clostridium tepidum Clostridium tertium Clostridium tetani Clostridium tetanomorphum Clostridium thailandense...

cereus, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus thuringiensis, Clostridium botulinum, and Clostridium tetani. Endospore formation is not found among Archaea. The...