A diverse group of bacteria is present in the class of Clostridia. Clostridium is a Gram-positive, fermentative, and obligate anaerobic bacterium. Members belong to this genus have a great useful effect because they form endospores that are resistant to heat. They are responsible for spoilage of food in many cases, even foods that canned. Clostridium contains around a hundred (100) species that include essential pathogen and free-living bacteria.
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Some species of Clostridia are valuable in the industry. Example, Clostridium acetobutylicum because it manufactures butanol. The well-known toxin is also generated by this pathogenic species. Tetanus is caused by Clostridium tetani by the release of toxin (tetanospasmin).
Depends on the strain, Clostridium perfringens secretes a protein toxin. It causes the poisoning of food and gas gangrene. However, it lacks a tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA). They generate ATP by fermentation. When this species present inside the human host, it has a doubling time of about 8 to 10 minutes. Apparently, this is due to the assimilation and readiness to supply macromolecules in the host.
A number of amino acids are also fermented by Clostridium tetani to butyrate, H2, and lactate. Both amino acids and carbohydrates are catabolized by Clostridium perfringens and Clostridium acetobutylicum. In contrast, Clostridium tetani lack the genes that catabolize molecule of sugars.
A simple experiment that demonstrates the pattern of the rapid growth rate of bacteria in the host that uses different types of growth media in vitro.
Experiment that would explore doubling time phenomenon are given below:
Two test tubes are taken, one tube is poured by a rich medium of amino acid and nitrate. Another tube is poured with medium only contains a minimum essential medium. An equal volume of Clostridium perfringens culture is inoculated with two test tubes. These tubes are tightly capped without leaving headspace. Then, inoculate the culture in an anaerobic environment.
It is clearly observed after 24 to 48 hours of incubation, Clostridium perfringens culture in amino acid and nitrate-rich medium shows high turbidity and it indicates the growth of cells. Due to the lowest growth of a cell, other tube shows less turbidity.
In this experiment, it is clearly shown that growth of the cell is differs, because Clostridium perfringens lacks tricarboxylic acid cycle (TCA). It mainly relies on organic compound fermentation for its growth. The energy is produced by using nitrate as the terminal electron acceptor. Thus, the body of humans provides a sufficient amount of amino acids and nitrates to the Clostridium perfringens growth. Therefore, Clostridium grows faster inside the host than in vitro.
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