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 neurotoxic protein produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and related...
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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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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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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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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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Ida A. Bengtson (section Clostridium botulinum)
Infektionskr. 26:1–8. Frank J. Erbguth. Historical notes on botulism, Clostridium botulinum, botulinum toxin, and the idea of the therapeutic use of the toxin. Movement...
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Essential tremor (section Botulinum Toxin (BoNT))
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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Clostridium botulinum C3 exoenzyme is a toxin that causes the addition of one or more ADP-ribose moieties to Rho-like proteins. Many bacterial toxins...
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(1851–1932) was a Belgian bacteriologist who, in 1895, isolated Clostridium botulinum, the bacterium that causes botulism, from a piece of ham that had...
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are: Clostridium botulinum, which produces one of the most potent toxins in existence; Clostridium tetani, causative agent of tetanus; and Clostridium perfringens...
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unpasteurized recipes. Clostridium botulinum bacteria can grow in food in the absence of oxygen and produce the deadly botulinum toxin, so sous vide cooking...
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difficile (pseudomembranous colitis) Clostridium tetani (tetanus) Clostridium botulinum (botulism) Clostridium acetobutylicum (acetone–butanol–ethanol...
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well as saltpetre (potassium nitrate). Potassium nitrate kills Clostridium botulinum, the deadly bacterium that causes botulism, while the acidity of...
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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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Bacillus cereus, Bacillus anthracis, Bacillus thuringiensis, Clostridium botulinum, and Clostridium tetani. Endospore formation is not found among Archaea....
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Microbial toxin (section Botulinum)
Gram-negative bacteria. The botulinum toxin, which is primarily produced by Clostridium botulinum and less frequently by other Clostridium species, is the most...
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to Clostridium botulinum type C and D ("group III"), instead. The toxins are designated by Greek letters. The alpha-toxin of Clostridium botulinum types...
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consensus is that nitrites also reduces growth and toxin production of Clostridium botulinum. On the other hand, a 2018 study (full text not available) by the...
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paralytic disease brought on by the Botulinum neurotoxin (BoNt) of the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. C. botulinum can fall into one of 7 different types...
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permitted levels of nitrite have no effect on the growth of the Clostridium botulinum bacteria that causes botulism, in line with the UK's Advisory Committee...
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of bacteria associated with botulinum toxin is one reason that the pH of kombucha must be low, as Clostridium botulinum struggles to proliferate below...
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produce systemic effects. Well-known exotoxins include: botulinum toxin produced by Clostridium botulinum; Corynebacterium diphtheriae toxin, produced during...
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binocular vision. Botulinum toxin is the most acutely lethal toxin that is known. It is produced by the bacterium clostridium botulinum. It acts inside...
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estimated about 240,000 cases per year in the United States. Clostridium botulinum Clostridium perfringens Bacillus cereus The rare but potentially deadly...
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Higher Form of Killing claim that Heydrich died from botulism (Clostridium botulinum) toxin poisoning. According to this hypothesis, based on statements...
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their clarity after fining. It also inhibits bacteria, especially Clostridium botulinum. Tube feeding of potassium sorbate reduces the amount of pathogenic...
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Don J. (1988), "Clostridium argentinense sp. nov.: A Genetically Homogeneous Group Composed of All Strains of Clostridium botulinum Toxin Type G and...
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aw Source Clostridium botulinum E 0.97 Pseudomonas fluorescens 0.97 Clostridium perfringens 0.95 Escherichia coli 0.95 Clostridium botulinum A, B 0.94...
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without side-effects. Botox is formed by spores of the bacteria Clostridium botulinum, which is found naturally in sediments as well as the intestinal...
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