Clostridium Botulinum

Clostridium Botulinum INTRODUCTION: Category A Bioterrorism’s agent Causes a disease of Neuromuscular transmission called botulism MORPHOLOGY: It is a rod-shaped microorganism. Obligate anaerobe. Tolerates traces of oxygen due to the enzyme called superoxide dismutase (SOD)  Antioxidant defense in cells exposed to oxygen.  Form endospores as a mechanism to produce the neurotoxin.  Neurotoxin production  during sporulation(anaerobic environment). TOXINS: Eight antigenic varieties of […]