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Which causes strep throat anthrax and tetanus?
Bacteria causes anthrax.
What is the name of tetanus bacteria?
The name of the bacteria that causes tetanus is Clostridium tetani. It produces a toxin that affects the nervous system, leading to symptoms such as muscle stiffness and spasms. Vaccination is an effective way to prevent tetanus infection.
Is tetanus and lockjaw caused by bacteria?
Clostridium tetani is the bacterium that causes tetanus and lockjaw.
Causes diseases like tetanus and pneumonia?
Bacteria.
What is lock-jaw?
Lockjaw is another word for the medical condition tetanus. Tetanus is caused by bacteria and causes stiffness in the jaw and neck. The bacteria which causes tetanus is found everywhere and is contracted by touching a contaminated item with a part of your body that is punctured or cut.
What bacteria produce toxin that can cause tetanus?
The bacterium which produces the toxin that causes tetanus is Clostridium tetani.
What is Tetanus's scientific name?
The scientific name of the bacteria causing tetanus is known as Clostridium tetani.
What is the common name for clostridium tetani?
The common name for Clostridium tetani is tetanus bacteria. It is a bacteria that produces a toxin causing tetanus infection.
Bacteria is an example of what?
unicellular organisms
Is tetanus a virus bacteria or fungi?
No, It is cause by Clostridium tetani which is a Gram-positive, motile bacterium found in soil and animal feces. Toxigenic strains of C. tetani contain a plasmid encoding the potent exotoxin which causes tetanus (lockjaw).
Is tetanus a Gram positive bacteria?
Yes, with a minor correction. Tetanus is a disease, not a type of bacteria; so technically you can't say that tetanus is Gram positive, since the term "Gram positive" can only be applied to bacteria.So to be correct, you'd say that the species of bacteria that causes tetanus, Clostridium tetani, is Gram positive.
Can horses get tenanus?
Answer:Yes they can. In fact they are one of the species that is most susceptible to the bacteria that causes tetanus. Thus it is recommended that they be vaccinated yearly against tetanus.
