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botulism food poisoning

These are Clostridium botulinum Type A colonies, Strain 2, grown on a 48hr blood agar plate.

Description
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.
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