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Quotes About Clostridium

In our cultural collective imagination, the food safety threat that looms largest is botulism, the rare but often deadly neurological disease caused by botulinum, "the most poisonous substance known to humans,"2 a toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum. Early
~ Sandor Ellix Katz
The anaerobic saprophyte Clostridium botulinum is simple to culture, requiring only
~ David Foster Wallace