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Organisms [B] » Bacteria [B03] » Gram-Positive Bacteria » Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria » Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods » Clostridium » Clostridium tetani
Organisms [B] » Bacteria [B03] » Endospore-Forming Bacteria » Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria » Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods » Clostridium » Clostridium tetani
Description
The cause of TETANUS in humans and domestic animals. It is a common inhabitant of human and horse intestines as well as soil. Two components make up its potent exotoxin activity, a neurotoxin and a hemolytic toxin. MeSH
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