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Clostridium, 3D Model

Three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated image of a group of anaerobic, spore-forming, Clostridium sp. organisms. The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron microscopic (SEM) imagery. Note, that a number of these organisms have assumed a safety-pin, or clubbed shape, that is indicative of their having entered what is known as an endospore phase, which is a tougher, dormant phase, resistant to heat and UV-radiation. Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and sometimes by strains of Cl. butyricum and Cl. baratii. There are five main kinds of botulism: Foodborne botulism; Wound botulism; Infant botulism; Adult intestinal toxemia; Iatrogenic botulism.

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Title: Clostridium, 3D Model

Caption: Three-dimensional (3D) computer-generated image of a group of anaerobic, spore-forming, Clostridium sp. organisms. The artistic recreation was based upon scanning electron microscopic (SEM) imagery. Note, that a number of these organisms have assumed a safety-pin, or clubbed shape, that is indicative of their having entered what is known as an endospore phase, which is a tougher, dormant phase, resistant to heat and UV-radiation. Botulism is a rare but serious paralytic illness caused by a nerve toxin that is produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum and sometimes by strains of Cl. butyricum and Cl. baratii. There are five main kinds of botulism: Foodborne botulism; Wound botulism; Infant botulism; Adult intestinal toxemia; Iatrogenic botulism.

Category: Microbiology: Bacteria

Credit: Album / Science Source / CDC/Jennifer Oosthuizen

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Image size: 3245 × 4200 px | 39.0 MB

Print size: 27.5 × 35.6 cm | 1277.6 × 1653.5 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: 3-D • 3D • ABNORMAL • ANAEROBE • ANAEROBIC ORGANISM • ANAEROBIC • ART • ARTWORK • BACTERIA • BACTERIAL • BACTERIOLOGY • BACTERIUM • BOTULISM • CLOSTRIDIA • CLOSTRIDIACEAE • CLOSTRIDIALES • CLOSTRIDIUM • COMPUTER GENERATED • COMPUTER GRAPHIC • CONTAGIOUS DISEASE • CYTOPATHOLOGICAL • CYTOPATHOLOGY • DISEASE • DISEASED • DORMANT PHASE • ENDOSPORE PHASE • EPIDEMIC • FIRMICUTES • FOOD POISONING • GASTROINTESTINAL ILLNESS • GRAM + • GRAM POSITIVE • GRAM+ • GRAM-POSITIVE • GRAPHIC • HEAT RESISTANT • HISTOPATHOLOGICAL • HISTOPATHOLOGY • ILLUSTRATION • ILLUSTRATIONS • ILUSTRATION • IMAGING • INFECTIOUS DISEASE • MICROBIOLOGY • MICROBIOLOGY: BACTERIA • MICROORGANISM • MICROSCOPIC ORGANISM • MODEL • MOLECULAR MODEL • PATHOGEN • PATHOGENIC • PATHOLOGICAL • PATHOLOGY • ROD-SHAPED • SCIENCE • THREE DIMENSIONAL • THREE-DIMENSIONAL • UNHEALTHY • UV-RADIATION RESISTANT