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{{Taxobox| color = lightgrey| name =
Clostridium| image = Clostridium difficile 01.jpg| image_width = 240px| image_caption = Scanning electron microscope micrograph of
Clostridium difficile colonies from a stool sample.| regnum =
Bacterium| phylum = Firmicutes| ordo = [Clostridiales]| genus =
Clostridium| genus_authority = Prazmowski 1880| subdivision_ranks = Species| subdivision =
Clostridium acetobutylicumClostridium aerotoleransClostridium botulinumClostridium butyricumClostridium colicanisClostridium difficileClostridium formicaceticumClostridium ljungdahliiClostridium laramieClostridium novyiClostridium perfringensClostridium piliformeClostridium sordelliiClostridium sporogenesClostridium tetaniClostridium tyrobutyricum-->
Clostridium is a large
genus of Gram-positive bacteria, belonging to the Firmicutes. They are obligate
anaerobes capable of producing
endospores. Individual cells are rod-shaped, which gives them their name, from the Greek (language)
kloster or spindle. These characteristics traditionally defined the genus, but they are not phylogenetics significant; many species originally classified as
Clostridium have been reclassified in other genera.
Pathology
Clostridium includes common free-living bacteria as well as important pathogens. There are four main species responsible for
disease in humans:
- Clostridium botulinum, an organism producing a toxin in food that causes botulism.
- Clostridium difficile, which can overgrow other gut flora during antibiotic therapy, can cause pseudomembranous colitis.
- Clostridium perfringens, causes a wide range of symptoms, from Foodborne illness to gas gangrene. Also responsible for enterotoxemia (also known as "overeating disease" or "pulpy kidney disease") in sheep and goats.
Honey sometimes contains
Clostridium bacteria which may cause infant botulism in humans one year old and under. Infant botulism causes the infant to produce botulinium toxin, which eventually paralyzes the breathing muscles.
Clostridium sordellii has been linked to the deaths of more than a dozen women after childbirth.
Commercial uses
Clostridium thermocellum can utilize lignocellulosic waste and generate ethanol, thus making it a possible candidate for use in ethanol production. It also has no oxygen requirement and is thermophilic, reducing cooling cost.
Clostridium acetobutylicum, also known as the
Weizmann organism, which was first used by Chaim Weizmann to produce
acetone and biobutanol from
starch in 1916 for the production of
gunpowder and
trinitrotoluene.
The anaerobic bacteria
Clostridium ljungdahlii, recently discovered in commercial chicken wastes, can produce ethanol from single-carbon sources including
synthesis gas, a mixture of carbon monoxide and
hydrogen that can be generated from the partial
combustion of either fossil fuels or
biomass. Use of these bacteria to produce ethanol from synthesis gas has progressed to the pilot plant stage at the BRI Energy facility in Fayetteville, Arkansas.
References
External links
- Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology
- UK Clostridium difficile Support Group
- Pathema-Clostridium Resource
- Water analysis: Clostridium video
{{Taxobox| color = lightgrey| name =
Clostridium| image = Clostridium difficile 01.jpg| image_width = 240px| image_caption =
Scanning electron microscope micrograph of
Clostridium difficile colonies from a stool sample.| regnum =
Bacterium| phylum =
Firmicutes| ordo = [Clostridiales]| genus =
Clostridium| genus_authority = Prazmowski 1880| subdivision_ranks = Species| subdivision =
Clostridium acetobutylicumClostridium aerotoleransClostridium botulinumClostridium butyricumClostridium colicanisClostridium difficileClostridium formicaceticumClostridium ljungdahliiClostridium laramieClostridium novyiClostridium perfringensClostridium piliformeClostridium sordelliiClostridium sporogenesClostridium tetaniClostridium tyrobutyricum-->
Clostridium is a large
genus of
Gram-positive bacteria, belonging to the
Firmicutes. They are obligate
anaerobes capable of producing endospores. Individual cells are rod-shaped, which gives them their name, from the Greek (language)
kloster or spindle. These characteristics traditionally defined the genus, but they are not phylogenetics significant; many species originally classified as
Clostridium have been reclassified in other genera.
Pathology
Clostridium includes common free-living bacteria as well as important pathogens. There are four main species responsible for
disease in humans:
- Clostridium difficile, which can overgrow other gut flora during antibiotic therapy, can cause pseudomembranous colitis.
- Clostridium perfringens, causes a wide range of symptoms, from Foodborne illness to gas gangrene. Also responsible for enterotoxemia (also known as "overeating disease" or "pulpy kidney disease") in sheep and goats.
- Clostridium tetani, the causative organism of tetanus (lockjaw).
Honey sometimes contains
Clostridium bacteria which may cause infant botulism in humans one year old and under. Infant botulism causes the infant to produce botulinium toxin, which eventually paralyzes the breathing muscles.
Clostridium sordellii has been linked to the deaths of more than a dozen women after childbirth.
Commercial uses
Clostridium thermocellum can utilize lignocellulosic waste and generate ethanol, thus making it a possible candidate for use in ethanol production. It also has no oxygen requirement and is thermophilic, reducing cooling cost.
Clostridium acetobutylicum, also known as the
Weizmann organism, which was first used by Chaim Weizmann to produce
acetone and
biobutanol from
starch in 1916 for the production of gunpowder and
trinitrotoluene.
The anaerobic bacteria
Clostridium ljungdahlii, recently discovered in commercial chicken wastes, can produce ethanol from single-carbon sources including synthesis gas, a mixture of
carbon monoxide and
hydrogen that can be generated from the partial
combustion of either fossil fuels or
biomass. Use of these bacteria to produce ethanol from synthesis gas has progressed to the pilot plant stage at the BRI Energy facility in
Fayetteville, Arkansas.
References
External links
- Todar's Online Textbook of Bacteriology
- UK Clostridium difficile Support Group
- Pathema-Clostridium Resource
- Water analysis: Clostridium video
Clostridium - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Clostridium is a genus of Gram-positive bacteria, belonging to the Firmicutes. They are obligate anaerobes capable of producing endospores. [1] Individual cells are rod-shaped ...
UK Clostridium Difficile Support - Home Page
A Homepage for Clostridium Difficile Sufferers their relatives and Friends ... Clostridium Difficile is the Deadly Superbug you have never heard of Until Now
HPA - Clostridium difficile
Clostridium difficile ... Clostridium difficile Clostridium difficile infection is the most important cause of hospital-acquired diarrhoea.
HPA - Clostridium perfringens
Clostridium perfringens ... Clostridium perfringens. Clostridium perfringens is widely distributed in the environment and foods, and forms part of the normal gut flora in man and ...
Clostridium difficile Introduction - Health encyclopaedia - NHS Direct ...
Bacteria that can cause serious illness ... Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is a bacterium that is present naturally in the gut of around 3% of adults and 66% of children.
Clostridium difficile Selected links - Health encyclopaedia - NHS ...
Bacteria that can cause serious illness ... Missed a pill? Had unprotected sex? Contraception failed?
Clostridium Difficile
Infection with Clostridium difficile most commonly occurs in people who have recently had a course of antibiotics and are in hospital. Symptoms can range from mild diarrhoea to a ...
Clostridium - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Clostridium
Genus of spore-forming bacteria that are anaerobic (unable to survive in the presence of oxygen). They are widely distributed in soil and in the intestines of mammals. Clostridium ...
Clostridium difficile
C. diff breakthrough from Chemex ... Clostridium difficile (C. diff) is an anaerobic (i.e. it cannot tolerate oxygen), spore-forming rod-shaped bacterium found in the human ...
Definition: Clostridium from Online Medical Dictionary
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