clostridia in English

noun
1
an anaerobic bacterium of a large genus that includes many pathogenic species, e.g., those causing tetanus, gas gangrene, botulism, and other forms of food poisoning.
Bacteria of the genus clostridium kill more wild birds each year than any other germ, animal health officials said.

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1. Botulinum is one of several species of clostridia that cause human disease

2. Phagocytes of clostridia were demonstrable neither before nor after hyperbaric therapy.

3. So the PCR method was suitable for rapid and sensitive detection of human botulism borne clostridia.

4. The coenzyme A (CoA)-Acylating aldehyde dehydrogenase (ALDH) catalyzes a key reaction in the acetone- and butanol (solvent)-producing clostridia

5. Exposure to the Botulinum toxin occurs mostly from eating contaminated food, or in infants, from certain clostridia growing in the intestine

6. Clostridia bacteria play a role in reducing iron, manganese, and uranium, thereby affecting these elements' solubility in soil and sediments.

7. 24 Tulane University scientists discovered a strain of clostridia bacteria, dubbed "TU- " that can devour old newspapers to produce butanol, a substitute for gasoline.

8. Some Clostridia Produce Gas gangrene• The organisms associated with gas gangrene attack soft tissues by producing toxins and Aggressins, and are referred to as histotoxic

9. In some embodiments, the vector can replicate in a genera of bacteria from each of the following groups: Escherichia or Klebsiella; Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, or Acetobacter; Bacillus or Clostridia, and Corynebacteria, Streptomycete, or Rhodococcus.

10. Specifically, the invention concerns a process for conditioning spent liquor produced by SO2 -ethanol-water (SEW) fractionation of wood chips for fermentation to butanol, ethanol and acetone/isopropanol (so called ABE process) by Clostridia bacteria.