STUDIES of the L FORMS of CLOSTRIDIUM PERFRINGENS Ncbi Nlm Nih

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clostridium perfringens is from the family of clostridia and as a family they're obligate anaerobes meaning they don't require oxygen to thrive in fact they're better off without it anaerobes clostridia included tend to lack the enzymes catalase or superoxide dismutase so oxygen is actually toxic to them in nature they thrive in deep compact soil and when they feel the stress of fresh oxygenated air they often produce spores which are extremely resilient to the environment and can even survive cooking when conditions improve for example when food is slowly cooled or stored the spores can sprout into full-fledged clostridia in fact at an optimum temperature clostridium perfringens has one of the fastest growing rates of any bacterium in the lab when doing a gram stain clostridium perfringens is gram-positive or purple when gram-stained and look like big cylinders or rods also called bacilli sign up for a free trial today and watch the full video on osmosis.org [Music] bye