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Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, strictly anaerobic, spore-forming bacterium infamous for causing gas gangrene, food poisoning, and necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) in premature infants. It is one of the most widely distributed pathogenic bacteria in nature, f…
Sphingomonas is a genus of Gram-negative, aerobic, rod-shaped bacteria in the class Alphaproteobacteria, distinguished by the presence of sphingolipids in their outer membrane rather than the lipopolysaccharide (LPS) typical of most Gram-negative bacteria. Originally is…