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CLOSTRIDIUM

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There are 5 entries related to CLOSTRIDIUM in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary.


1. What does CLOSTRIDIUM mean?
definition
Spindle-shaped bacterial cell especially one swollen at the center by an endospore

2. What does GENUS CLOSTRIDIUM mean?
definition
Anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung

3. What does CLOSTRIDIUM BOTULINUM mean?
definition
Anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism

4. What does CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS mean?
definition
Anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon

5. What does CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS EPSILON TOXIN mean?
definition
It's 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


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