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	Clostridium Prazmowski 1880, genus
		VAREL (V.H.), TANNER (R.S.) and WOESE (C.R.): Clostridium herbivorans sp.
		[KANE (M.D.), BRAUMAN (A.) and BREZNAK (J.A.): Clostridium mayombei sp.
		"Clostridium pastorianus" (sic) Winogradsky 1902, "Bacillus pasteurianus" (Winogradsky 1895) Lehmann and Neumann 1907, "Bacillus pastorianus" (Winogradsky 1902) Lehmann and Neumann 1907 "Bacillus winogradsky" Matzuschita 1902, "Butyribacillus pasteurianus" (Winogradsky 1895) Orla-Jensen 1909.
	www.bacterio.cict.fr /c/clostridium.html (7827 words)

	Clostridium: Facts and details from Encyclopedia Topic (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Clostridium botulinum is a spore-forming, anaerobeanaerobic bacillus which produces the toxin botulin that causes botulism....
		Pseudomembranous colitis is a infection of the colon caused by the bacterium clostridium difficile....
		Clostridium tetani is a gram positive, spore-forming, obligate anaerobic, rod-shaped bacterium of the phylum firmicutes....
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/cl/clostridium.htm (1091 words)

	Clostridium botulinum - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Clostridium botulinum is a bacterium that produces the toxin botulin, the causative agent in botulism.
		Clostridium botulinum is also used to prepare Botox, used to selectively paralyze muscles to temporarily relieve wrinkles.
		Botulin toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum is often believed to be a potential bioweapon as it is so potent that it takes less that 1 microgram to kill a person.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clostridium_botulinum (294 words)

	Clostridium perfringens - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Clostridium perfringens on an egg yolk agar plate.
		Clostridium perfringens (formerly known as Clostridium welchii) is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic spore-forming bacterium of the genus Clostridium.
		The action of Clostridium perfringens in dead bodies is known to mortuary workers as tissue gas and can only be halted by embalming.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clostridium_perfringens (238 words)

	Clostridium (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Clostridium tetani is the etiological agent of tetanus, Clostridium botulinum is the etiological agent of botulism, and Clostridium perfringens is one of the etiological agent of gas gangrene.
		Because clostridium spores can be airborne, they often find their way onto food that is going to be canned, which provides a pleasant anaerobic environment for the spores to germinate and release their toxin.
		Clostridium perfringens is one of several species of clostridia known to cause gas gangrene and is the causative agent in 95% of gas gangrene cases.
	biology.kenyon.edu /Microbial_Biorealm/bacteria/gram-positive/clostridium/clostridium.htm (1471 words)

	CDC researchers fear spread of deadly Clostridium illness (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Clostridium difficile, commonly known as C-diff, that has long caused diarrhea only in hospital patients seems to have evolved into a more dangerous strain and is slowly spreading in hospitals and nursing homes throughout America, according to a recent article in the New England Journal of Medicine and press conference held on Dec. 1.
		Clostridium difficile is a spore-forming, gram-positive bacillus that produces exotoxins that are pathogenic to humans.
		Although individual cases of Clostridium difficile - associated disease are not nationally reportable, in 2005, the Pennsylvania Department of Health (PADOH) and CDC received several case reports of serious Clostridium difficile - associated disease in otherwise healthy patients with minimal or no exposure to a health-care setting.
	www.foodconsumer.org /777/8/CDC_researchers_fear_spread_of_deadly_Clostridium_illness.shtml (2294 words)

	Clostridium botulinum
		Clostridium botulinum type D organisms were recovered from ruminal fluid of 4 of the 5 affected animals tested and were isolated from bakery waste fed to the cattle.
		Clostridium botulinum type E was found in 81% of sea and 61% of freshwater samples.
		Clostridium botulinum spores are quite widespread throughout the world, inhabiting soil as well as both freshwater and saltwater mud (Caya et al., 2004).
	staff.vbi.vt.edu /pathport/pathinfo/pathogens/Clostridium_botulinum_2.html (8979 words)

	9-97 Newsletter
		Clostridium perfringens enterotoxemia occurs in dogs of all ages and breeds and occasionally in cats.
		Clostridium perfringens is a normal enteric bacterium found predominantly in a vegetative, non-enterotoxin producing form.
		Since Clostridium perfringens is a normal intestinal inhabitant, anaerobic fecal cultures for the organism alone are not diagnostic.
	www.antechdiagnostics.com /clients/antechNews/1997/9-97.htm (967 words)

	Clostridium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Clostridium is a large genus of Gram-positive bacteria, belonging to the Firmicutes.
		Clostridium includes common free-living bacteria as well as important pathogens.
		Clostridium bacteria has been recently discovered as being a pathogen that is capable of infecting dogs.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Clostridium (246 words)

	Clostridium difficile - Information, Expert Epidemiology Services
		Clostridium difficile is a spore anaerobic gram-positive bacterium which is a normal part of the human gastrointestinal tract.
		Clostridium difficile manifests as a disease causing organism when other normal intestinal flora is diminished by the use of antibiotics, allowing Clostridium difficile to flourish.
		Clostridium difficile spores survive in the environment for up to 70 days and can be transmitted by direct spread from an infected surface.
	www.ehagroup.com /epidemiology/illnesses/clostridium-difficile.asp (339 words)

	EPA: Clostridium acetobutylicum Final Risk Assessment - Biotechnology Program Under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
		Clostridium acetobutylicum is an anaerobic, saccharolytic and proteolytic bacterium that has been isolated from a number of environments.
		The genus Clostridium, which was first described in 1880, consists of a large number of species with a wide range in biochemical and physiological traits (Cato et al., 1986).
		Introduction to the physiology and biochemistry of the genus Clostridium, pp.
	www.epa.gov /docs/opptintr/biotech/pubs/fra/fra003.htm (4903 words)

	Foogle Business - Clostridium Difficile - C difficile - C Diff - MRSA - Information and Facts - Page on Methicillin ...
		Clostridium Difficile, is now recognized as the chief cause of HAI - Diarrhea in the US and Europe, and not only in hospitals but also in nursing homes and other facilities for long term care.
		Clostridium difficile produces two toxins, A and B. Toxin B, often referred to as the cytotoxin, is the toxin detected by the tissue culture assay.
		The cause was identified as Clostridium Difficile in 1978.
	www.thesahara.net /clostridium_difficile.htm (1811 words)

	Postgraduate Medicine: Recurrent Clostridium difficile colitis
		Clostridium difficile and the aetiology of pseudomembranous colitis.
		Clostridium difficile: history of its role as an enteric pathogen and the current state of knowledge about the organism.
		Clostridium difficile toxin B is more potent than toxin A in damaging human colonic epithelium mucosa in vitro.
	www.postgradmed.com /issues/2002/11_02/joyce3.htm (2544 words)

	Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals: a brewing storm -- Valiquette et al. 171 (1): 27 -- Canadian Medical ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals: a brewing storm -- Valiquette et al.
		Clostridium difficile infection in hospitals: a brewing storm
		Fulminant Clostridium difficile: an underappreciated and increasing cause of death and complications.
	www.cmaj.ca /cgi/content/full/171/1/27 (1461 words)

	Clostridium difficile–associated colitis
		Clostridium difficile disease presents in a variety of ways, ranging from asymptomatic carrier status to moderate diarrhea and life-threatening pseudomembranous colitis.
		Clostridium difficile toxin B is more potent than toxin A in damaging human colonic epithelium in vitro.
		Characterization of a toxin A–negative, toxin B–positive strain of Clostridium difficile responsible for a nosocomial outbreak of Clostridium difficile–associated diarrhea.
	www.cfpc.ca /cfp/2004/Nov/vol50-nov-cme-1.asp (4145 words)

	Bug of the Month: Clostridium perfringens - Official City News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Clostridium perfringens is one of the bacteria that make people sick.
		Clostridium perfringens bacteria are found in soils, the intestines of humans and animals and sewage.
		Clostridium perfringens is one of the most commonly reported food borne illnesses.
	mesa.cabq.gov /cityapps/noticias.nsf/691720db7823c3eb87256ee5006e4876/34f51c65a5d195768725708c005f41b4?OpenDocument (388 words)

	CLOSTRIDIUM (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Clostridium tetani is the bacterium that causes tetanus (lockjaw) in humans.
		Clostridium botulinum produces one of the most potent toxins in existence and the cause of the deadly botulism food poisoning.
		Because Clostridium spores can be airborne, they sometimes find their way into foods that will be placed in anaerobic storage such as cans or jars.
	medic.med.uth.tmc.edu /path/00001496.htm (587 words)

	Preventing Foodborne Illness: Clostridium botulinum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Clostridium botulinum is ubiquitous in nature, but most prevalent in soil and water.
		Clostridium botulinum is present in the water and soil, so potentially any food which comes into contact with such vectors presents a potential hazard.
		Clostridium botulinum spores are extremely heat resistant, so while cooking at proper temperatures would destroy most foodborne pathogens, it does not destroy C.
	edis.ifas.ufl.edu /FS104 (2903 words)

	FDA/CFSAN - BAM * Chapter 17 - Clostridium botulinum
		Clostridium botulinum is an anaerobic, rod-shaped sporeforming bacterium that produces a protein with characteristic neurotoxicity.
		Clostridium botulinum in honey, syrups, and dry infant cereals.
		Clostridium botulinum organisms generally produce one of four neurotoxin types (A, B, E, and F) associated with human illness.
	www.cfsan.fda.gov /~ebam/bam-17.html (8457 words)

	Clostridium botulinum - botulism
		Clostridium botulinum causes Botulism is a severe type of food poisoning caused by the ingestion of foods containing the neurotoxin formed during growth of the bacteria.
		Clostridium botulinum and its spores are widely distributed in nature, they occur in both cultivated and forest soils, bottom sediments of streams, lakes, and coastal waters, and in the intestinal tracts of fish and mammals, and in the gills and viscera of crabs and other shellfish.
		The toxin from clostridium botulinum can be fatal when consumed in very small quantities and all people are believed to be susceptible.
	www.ashtree.co.uk /features/c.botul.htm (222 words)

	Clostridium bacteraemia characterised by 16S ribosomal RNA gene sequencing -- Woo et al. 58 (3): 301 -- Journal of ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		of the diverse genus clostridium, the epidemiology and pathogenicity
		Clostridium bacteremia: emphasis on the poor prognosis in cirrhotic patients.
		Reclassification of Clostridium quercicolum as Dendrosporobacter quercicolus gen. nov., comb.
	jcp.bmjjournals.com /cgi/content/full/58/3/301 (2373 words)

	CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS
		Clostridium perfringens toxins are products of certain bacteria, plants or other living organisms that can be poisonous to other organisms.
		Clostridium perfringens toxins can make a person ill if enough is taken into the body.
		Clostridium perfringens toxins cannot be spread from person to person and they do not grow or increase in number in the body.
	www.idph.state.il.us /Bioterrorism/factsheets/clostridium.htm (839 words)

	Clostridium difficile Culture
		The organism is known to produce an enterotoxin, toxin A and a cytotoxin, toxin B. The exact role of these toxins, in clinical disease, remains unclear.
		Wexler H, "Diagnosis of Antibiotic-Associated Disease Caused by Clostridium difficile,"; Clin Microbiol Newslet, 1989, 11:25-32.
		Lyerly DM, Krivan HC, and Wilkins TD, "Clostridium difficile: It's Disease and Toxins,"; Clin Microbiol Rev, 1988, 1(1):1-18.
	www.labcorp.com /datasets/labcorp/html/chapter/mono/mb004700.htm (502 words)

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