The main component of Cl. tetani exotoxin, a necrotoxin of most pronounced potency.
A toxin produced by tetanus bacilli in an infected wound. The toxin diffuses along nerves, causing paralysis, and may reach the spinal cord and brain, when it causes violent muscular spasms and the condition of lockjaw.
A component of the toxin produced by Clostridium tetani that causes tetanus.