Members of genus Clostridium are Gram-positive rods. Obligate anaerobes (obligate fermenters) 1.1) Produce endospores 1.2) Common inhabitant of soil 2) Organisms in this genus ferment wide variety of compounds to produce energy 2.1) Some organisms ferment amino acids in process of putrefaction 3) Clostridium tetani - tetanus, Clostridium perfringens - gas gangrene, Clostridium botulinum - botulism, pseudomembranous colitis
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The scientific name for Clostridium tetani is Clostridium tetani.
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clostridium gas gangrene is an illness due to Clostridium
clostridium perfringens is a bacteria and can be at the origin of
gas gangrene