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clostridium perfringens

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Noun1.clostridium perfringens - anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin; can be used as a bioweapon
eubacteria, eubacterium, true bacteria - a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella
genus Clostridium - anaerobic or micro-aerophilic rod-shaped or spindle-shaped saprophytes; nearly cosmopolitan in soil, animal intestines, and dung
bioarm, biological weapon, bioweapon - any weapon usable in biological warfare; "they feared use of the smallpox virus as a bioweapon"
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Intensive study of Clostridium perfringens during World War 2 showed that the bacterium produces a potent toxin.
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All the samples were analyzed for the presence of the following bacteria: -- Escherichia coli, -- Staphylococcus, -- Clostridium perfringens, -- Salmonella, and -- Listeria monocytogenes.
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