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Clostridium argentinense
Species of bacterium From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Clostridium argentinense is an anaerobic, motile, gram-positive bacterium. Some bacilli now identified as Cl. argentinense were previously classified as either Cl. subterminale, Cl. hastiforme, or Cl. botulinum toxin group G, respectively.
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Like Cl. botulinum, Cl. argentinense produces botulin, a neurotoxin that causes botulism in susceptible mammals. Among this proteolytic species' products are acetic acid, butyric acid, isobutyric acid, isovaleric acid, and hydrogen sulfide. Cl. argentinense is also asaccharolytic (i.e., unable to metabolize carbohydrates).
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References
- Suen, Jane C.; Hatheway, Charles L.; Steigerwalt, Arnold G.; Brenner, Don J. (1988), "Clostridium argentinense sp. nov.: A Genetically Homogeneous Group Composed of All Strains of Clostridium botulinum Toxin Type G and Some Nontoxigenic Strains Previously Identified as Clostridium subterminale or Clostridium hastiforme", International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology, 38 (4): 375–381, doi:10.1099/00207713-38-4-375
- "Clostridium argentinense: Suen et al., 1988". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).
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External links
- "Oldstyle id: 2283c5af2e45219fa100fa83fa7b9042". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands.
- UniProt. "Clostridium argentinense". Retrieved 2011-01-21.
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