clostridium : Idioms & Phrases
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clostridium botulinum
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noun anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism
botulinus; botulinum.
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clostridium perfringens
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noun anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
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clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin
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noun a bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens; causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins 8-22 hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria
epsilon toxin.
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genus clostridium
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noun anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung