Question

Give examples of different species of clostridia.​

Answer 1

Species of clostridia:-

i) Clostridium tetani

ii) Clostridium perfringens

iii) Clostridium botu'linum

iv) Clostridium difficile

Answer 2

Question :-

Examples of different species of Clostridia

Answer :-

Clostridium species (Clostridium perfringens, C. butyricum, C. clostridioforme, C. innocuum, C. ramosum, C. septicum, C. sordellii, C. tertium)

Clostridium botulinum can produce botulinum toxin in food or wounds and can cause botulism. This same toxin is known as Botox and is used in cosmetic surgery to paralyze facial muscles to reduce the signs of aging; it also has numerous other therapeutic uses.

Clostridium perfringens causes a wide range of symptoms, from food poisoning to cellulitis, fasciitis, necrotic enteritisand gas gangrene.

Clostridium tetani causes tetanus.

Clostridium sordellii (now Paeniclostridium) can cause a fatal infection in exceptionally rare cases after medical abortions.

Bacillus and Clostridium are often described as Gram-variable, because they show an increasing number of gram-negative cells as the culture ages.

Clostridium and Bacillus are both in the phylum Firmicutes, but they are in different classes, orders, and families.

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