clostridium

Clostridium species

View the organism under the microscope: Clostridium botulin under the microscope (courtesy D. Kunkel), spore-forming Clostridium (courtesy Buckman Lab)

Collection sites, home-pages

Clostridial Enteric Disease Centre (Uni Arizona): links on genotyping
Clostridium toxin research group (Birkbeck Toxin strucutre group homepage UK)
Collection site on Clostridium infections (Cliniweb International)
Links on C. perfringens (Uni Kentucky)

Fact sheets, consumer guides, general information

fact sheet on all clinically relevant species of Clostridium (Center for Environm. Health and Safety)
Information on different species of Clostridium
overview of Clostridium species (Bio303 by J Palmer)

Clostridium difficile

C. difficile diarrhea after antibiotic treatment (Merck)
C. difficile fact sheet (HealthLink)

Clostridium perfringens, gas gangrene:

C perfringens in the Bad Bug Book (U.S. FDA)
Clostridium contamination in a batch of heroin has caused deaths in UK CNN
C. perfringens fact sheet (NebFacts of Uni Nebraska-Lincoln)
C. perfringens fact sheet (Iowa State Uni)
C. perfringens fact sheet (Ohio State Uni)
C. perfringens page at U.S. National Lifestock and Meat Board
fact sheet on C. perfringens by Canadian Food Inspection Agency

Clostridium botulinum, botulism:

C. botulinum in the Bad Bug Book (U.S. FDA)
Botulism (CDC)
fact sheet on botulism (Iowa State Uni)
food safety facts by Canadian Food Inspection Agency
C. botulinum at NebFacts (Uni Nebraska-Lincoln)
The risk of home-canned food: a true story (brought by Uni Florida)
Infant botulism (Vanderbilt Uni Nashville)

Clostridium tetani:

Clostridium tetani at a glance Historique.net
Tetanis--self care article Catholic Healthcare West
Tetanus - Clostridium tetani K. Kiefer

Lectures

Clostridia in Microbook (Wells & Wilkins)
Lecture on Clostridia K. Tudor Uni Wisconsin-Madison
Lecture and references on toxin production and virulence in C. perfringens (H.P.Blaschek)
lecture on Clostridium Botulinum (P.M.Muriana)
Lecture on hyperbaric treatment of Gas gangrene (American College of hyperbaric medicine)
Lecture on botulism at Neuromuscular
Lecture on C. botulinum (by P.M. Muriana)
Lecture on C. perfringens (by S McGinley)

Scientific papers

C.perfringens infection sin Alpacas (by RP Ellis)
C. difficile-associated diarrhea (by JM Conly)

Scientific links

C.botulinum classification (Sciencenet)
C. difficile genome sequence project (Sanger)
C. botulinum genome sequence project (Sanger)
C. perfringens health hazard and material data safety sheet; C. difficile health hazard and material data safety sheet; C. botulinum health hazard and material data safety sheet(Health Canada)
All scientific names and synonyms for the genus Clostridium (JP Euzeby)

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Last modified: 16 Feb 2003

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