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What is a clostridium?

What is a clostridium? Here are some definitions.

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  1. Any of several mostly anaerobic gram-positive bacteria, of the genus Clostridium, that are present in the soil and in the intestines of humans and animals and are capable of forming spores
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Collagenase clostridium histolyticum is a combination of two purified collagenases, derived from the bacterium Clostridium histolyticum.
However, the disease has been linked many times to clostridium botulinum, a toxin that can cause a form of botulism in horses.
Postoperatively, blood cultures were positive for gram-positive rods, and ultimately severe sepsis due to clostridium developed.
Another bug, clostridium difficile, was also found on the ward last week.
Individual inquests into some of the deaths also established the cause of death as a strain of anaerobic bacterium, know as clostridium.
The cult's biological team attempted to isolate toxigenic clostridium botulinum bacteria from natural sources without success.

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