Clostridium tetani

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Description and Significance

Clostridium tetani is a rod-shaped, anaerobic, and endospore-forming bacterium that is responsible for the tetanus disease affecting an estimated 350,000 people a year worldwide <ref> <http://microbes.historique.net/ref>.

Genome Structure

Cell Structure and Metabolism

Ecology

Pathology

Application to Biotechnology

Current Research