Clostridium botulinum/Definition

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A definition or brief description of Clostridium botulinum.

Gram-positive, anaerobic rod shaped bacterium that produces the neurotoxin botulin, which causes the flaccid muscular paralysis seen in botulism, and is also the main paralytic agent in botox.