Prescott's Microbiology
11th Edition
ISBN: 9781260211887
Author: WILLEY, Sandman, Wood
Publisher: McGraw Hill
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Chapter 39.3, Problem 1CC
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Clostridium perfringens, C. septicum, and C. novyi are Gram-positive, endospore-forming rods termed the histotoxic clostridia. These clostridium species are able to generate a necrotizing infection of skeletal muscle known as gas gangrene or clostridial myonecrosis. However, the most common cause of gas gangrene is Clostridium perfringens.
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