Isolation of Clostridium tetani from Soil

Isolation of Clostridium Tetani from Soil.

Sanada, Ichiro (Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan), and Shoki Nishida. Isolation of Clostridium tetani from soil. J. Bacteriol. 89:626-629. 1965.-The higher the temperatures applied to soil specimens, the weaker the toxigenicity of Clostridium tetani strains isolated from them. The glucose- and maltose-fermenting ability of these isolates was inversely proportional to their toxigenicity. The...

The Incidence of Clostridium Tetani in the Soil of Calcutta

Sixty samples of soil collected from different areas were examined for the presence of Clostridium tetani. The samples were collected during the pre-monsoon hot weather and the methods employed in the isolation and study of the cultures we're on the lines found satisfactory by Fildes (1925a and b). A summary of the methods employed is outlined below :? Approximately 2 to 3 c.cm. of ground-up so...

Isolation of Toxigenic Strains of Clostridium perfringens from the Soil of Farms in Iran

Comparative pathogenomics of Clostridium tetani

Clostridium tetani and Clostridium botulinum produce two of the most potent neurotoxins known, tetanus neurotoxin and botulinum neurotoxin, respectively. Extensive biochemical and genetic investigation has been devoted to identifying and characterizing various C. botulinum strains. Less effort has been focused on studying C. tetani likely because recently sequenced strains of C. tetani show muc...

Glucose dissimilation by Clostridium tetani.

Clostridium tetani is generally considered to be a nonsaccharolytic organism and is so described in the most recent edition of Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology (Breed et al., 1957). Despite this widespread opinion, evidence to the contrary exists. Achalme (1902) reported the stimulation of growth of this organism by glucose without ferementation of glucose; Reddish and Rettger (192...