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Clostridium does not have the enzymes (eg. oxidase, catalase) required to deal with the toxic molecules such as oxygen gas or hydrogen peroxide.
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Would you expect Clostridium to produce catalase?
No. Clostridium bacteria will display a negative result in a catalase test indicating that bacteria do not produce catalase, therefore preventing oxygen accumulation.
What is the difference between clostridium gas gangrene and clostridium perfringens?
clostridium gas gangrene is an illness due to Clostridium clostridium perfringens is a bacteria and can be at the origin of gas gangrene
What is the shape of Clostridium?
Clostridium are rod shaped, or 'cocci'
What are strict aerobes?
Is an organism that does not need oxygen to survive and grow - it would possibly die with the introduction of oxygen for example: Clostridium Perfringens. Alex
What bacteria is called banquet germs?
Clostridium perfringens
Is Clostridium botulinum aerobic?
Clostridium is anaerobic, just think gangrena, which is no circulation which means anaerobic, or no oxygen environment.
Would you expect Clostridium to produce catalase?
No. Clostridium bacteria will display a negative result in a catalase test indicating that bacteria do not produce catalase, therefore preventing oxygen accumulation.
What is the difference between clostridium gas gangrene and clostridium perfringens?
clostridium gas gangrene is an illness due to Clostridium clostridium perfringens is a bacteria and can be at the origin of gas gangrene
What are some examples of Aerotolerant bacteria?
Clostridium tetani is an example of an obligate anaerobe. It can survive as a spore in the presence of oxygen, however, vegetative cell growth can only happen in the absence of oxygen. This is why puncture wounds are more likely to result in tetanus (disease caused by C. tetani) than a scrape.A common facultative anaerobe is Staphylococcus aureus, which is part of the normal bacterial flora of human skin.
What are 3 organisms of eubacteria?
Clostridium perfringens, Clostridium botulinum, and Clostridium tetani.
What is the scientific name for clostridium tetani?
The scientific name for Clostridium tetani is Clostridium tetani.
What are examples or eubacteria?
Clostridium tetani, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, Bacillus antracis, Bacillus pneumoniae, Esherischia coli......
What type of respiration that bacterium Clostridium tetani would use?
It undergoes anaerobic respiration, so it does not use oxygen in respiration and cannot survive in the presence of oxygen when it is in its vegetative form.
What is the shape of Clostridium?
Clostridium are rod shaped, or 'cocci'
What is the location of clostridium tetani?
Clostridium tetani is found in the soil.
Is Clostridium tetani a virus or bacterium?
Clostridium tetani is a bacterium.
What are strict aerobes?
Is an organism that does not need oxygen to survive and grow - it would possibly die with the introduction of oxygen for example: Clostridium Perfringens. Alex
