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Botulin bacteria spores are not able to survive in an oxygen rich environment. That is why they thrive in sealed canned food--no oxygen. Although tetanus (which is what I think you meant) is similar to botulism they are not the same bacteria. Tetanus actually thrives quite well in a highly oxygenated environment. Thus the probability of becoming infected by tetanus from rusty metal--the metal has been in an environment where the oxidative stress on the ferrous metal has caused rust. It is the same process that turns fruit brown when exposed to air.

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