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What is a clostridium?

What is a clostridium? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  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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For example, in former known biological weapons programmes, it was necessary to evaluate hundreds of strains of clostridium botulinum to obtain a strain with high toxin production.
Bacteria of the genus clostridium kill more wild birds each year than any other germ, animal health officials said.
This patient developed clostridium difficile-associated toxic megacolon requiring surgical intervention.
Another bug, clostridium difficile, was also found on the ward last week.
Collagenase clostridium histolyticum is a combination of two purified collagenases, derived from the bacterium Clostridium histolyticum.
Individual inquests into some of the deaths also established the cause of death as a strain of anaerobic bacterium, know as clostridium.

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