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    Clostridium botulinum is a gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming, motile bacterium with the ability to produce botulinum toxin, which is...
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    Botulinum toxin, or botulinum neurotoxin (commonly called botox), is a highly potent neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum...
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    Botulism (redirect from Botulinum antitoxin)
    and potentially fatal illness caused by botulinum toxin, which is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. The disease begins with weakness, blurred...
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    main species responsible for disease in humans are: Clostridium botulinum can produce botulinum toxin in food or wounds and can cause botulism. This...
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    endospores and is commonly found in soil. Unlike Clostridium botulinum, it does not produce the botulinum neurotoxins. In colonized animals, it has a mutualistic...
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  • serving from 1985 to 2020. Johnson, most known for his research on Clostridium botulinum and its neurotoxins in food and industrial microbiology, has developed...
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    determine which provides the most efficacy with least side effects. Clostridium botulinum toxin (Botox) injections and ultrasound are also sometimes used...
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    of dangerous botulism during curing by inhibiting the growth of Clostridium botulinum bacteria spores, but have been linked to increased cancer risk in...
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  • baratii Clostridium beihaiense Clostridium beijerinckii Clostridium diolis Clostridium bornimense Clostridium botulinum Clostridium bovifaecis Clostridium bowmanii...
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    used to speed up the curing of meat, inhibit the germination of Clostridium botulinum spores, and also impart an attractive pink color. Nitrite reacts...
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