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clostridium perfringens
Thesaurus| Noun | 1. | clostridium perfringens - anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweaponeubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagellagenus Clostridium - anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dungbioarm, biological weapon, bioweapon - any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon" |
Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium perfringens[klä‚strid·ē·əm pər′frin·jənz] (microbiology) A spore-forming, toxin-producing bacterium that can contaminate meat left at room temperature. The ingested cells release toxin in the digestive tract, resulting in cramps and diarrhea. Clostridium perfringens
Clos·trid·i·um per·frin·'gensa bacterial species that is the chief causative agent of gas gangrene in humans and a cause of gas gangrene in other animals, especially sheep; it may also be involved in causing enteritis, appendicitis, and puerperal fever; it is one of the most common causes of food poisoning in the U. S. This organism is found in soil, water, milk, dust, sewage, and the intestinal tract of humans and other animals. Synonym(s): Clostridium welchii, gas bacillus, Welch bacillusClostridium perfringens (pər-frĭn′jənz)n. A bacterium that can cause gas gangrene and food poisoning in humans and various diseases in livestock.Clostridium perfringens Infectious disease An anaerobic gram-positive spore-forming rod, widely distributed in nature and present in the intestine of humans and other mammals. C perfringens type A accounts for ±15% of outbreaks of food poisoning in the USClos·trid·i·um per·frin·gens (klos-trid'ē-ŭm pĕr-frin'jenz) A bacterial species that causes gas gangrene; it also may be involved in causing enteritis, appendicitis, and puerperal fever. It is one of the most common causes of food poisoning in the U.S.
Synonym(s): gas bacillus, Welch bacillus. clostridium perfringens
Related to clostridium perfringens: Clostridium difficile, Clostridium perfringens enterotoxinWords related to clostridium perfringensnoun anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxinRelated Words- eubacteria
- eubacterium
- true bacteria
- genus Clostridium
- bioarm
- biological weapon
- bioweapon
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