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. 1965 Mar;89(3):626–629. doi: 10.1128/jb.89.3.626-629.1965

Isolation of Clostridium tetani from Soil

Ichiro Sanada 1, Shoki Nishida 1
PMCID: PMC277512  PMID: 14275651

Abstract

Sanada, Ichiro (Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan), and Shoki Nishida. Isolation of Clostridium tetani from soil. J. Bacteriol. 89:626–629. 1965.—The higher the temperatures applied to soil specimens, the weaker the toxigenicity of Clostridium tetani strains isolated from them. The glucose- and maltose-fermenting ability of these isolates was inversely proportional to their toxigenicity. The biological properties of atoxic strains were indistinguishable from those of C. tetanomorphum. Since a considerable number of toxic strains fermented glucose and maltose, these criteria are of doubtful value for differentiating C. tetani from C. tetanomorphum.

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