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C. botulinum is the bacterium responsible for the condition known as botulism, producing a neurotoxin the effects of which may be neutralized by various therapeutic agents.]]
C. botulinum is the bacterium responsible for the condition known as botulism, producing a neurotoxin the effects of which may be neutralized by various therapeutic agents.]]
[[Image:Botulism 2 type A.jpg|500px|This is a Clostridium botulinum type A colony grown on a 72 hour blood agar plate; Magnification 5X. The bacterium C. botulinum produces a nerve toxin, which causes the rare, but serious paralytic illness Botulism. There are seven types of botulism toxin designated by the letters A through G; only types A, B, E and F cause illness in humans.]]


==References==
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