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A Gram-positive, aerobic to facultatively anaerobic, spore-forming genus that bridges environmental and human microbiology. The genus encompasses both beneficial species (B. subtilis, B. coagulans as probiotics) and pathogens (B. cereus causing food poisoning, B. anthra…
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…