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

Preferred term

Clostridium perfringens  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • The most common etiologic agent of GAS GANGRENE. It is differentiable into several distinct types based on the distribution of twelve different toxins.

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Clostridium welchii
  • txid1502

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-DWKQXH3C-4

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