An anaerobic microorganism that causes food poisoning, with some spores very heat resistant. The organism is universally prevalent.
The most common causative agent of gas gangrene.
A species of bacteria characterized as obligate anaerobic or microaerophilic, gram-positive, spore-forming, and rod-shaped. This species is primarily known as the most common cause of gas gangrene. It is classified into several types based on 12 distinct toxins: type A, responsible for gas gangrene, necrotizing colitis, and food poisoning in humans; type B, causing lamb dysentery; type C, leading to enteritis necroticans in humans and ‘struck’ in sheep; type D, associated with enterotoxemia in sheep; and type E, causing enterotoxemia in lambs and calves.