Preventing Foodborne Illness: Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium botulinum is the bacterium that causes botulism.Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive, slightly curved, motile, anaerobic rod-shaped bacterium that produces heat-resistant endospores.These endospores, which are very resistant to a number animed aniflex complete of environmental stresses such as heat and high acid, can become activate