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... > Bacteria > Firmicutes > Clostridiales > Clostridiaceae > Clostridium > Clostridium tetani
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Rods > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Clostridium > Clostridium tetani
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Clostridium > Clostridium tetani
... > Bacteria > Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Bacteria > Gram-Positive Endospore-Forming Rods > Clostridium > Clostridium tetani

Preferred term

Clostridium tetani  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The cause of TETANUS in humans and domestic animals. It is a common inhabitant of human and horse intestines as well as soil. Two components make up its potent exotoxin activity, a neurotoxin and a hemolytic toxin.

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  • txid1513

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-D72XHVM2-G

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