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What is name of the bacteria that causes tetanus?

Tetanus is caused by 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.


Is tetanus a bacteria?

Tetanus is an infection caused by bacteria called Clostridium tetani.


How big is 1 tetanus bacteria?

The tetanus bacteria is the same size as a horse


Is tetanus a bacteria or a virus?

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 pathogen is tetanus?

The pathogen for Tetanus is Clostridium Tetani, or C. Tetani Bacteria.


What are tetanus?

A type of pathogenic bacteria.


Is tetanus and lockjaw caused by bacteria?

Clostridium tetani is the bacterium that causes tetanus and lockjaw.


Were you can found out tetanus?

Tetanus is caused by a common bacteria found in the soil. It can be contracted by the bacteria entering the body from a wound. Such as stepping on a rusty nail.


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).