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Clostridium butyricum
Definition 1
A species of strictly anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is motile, produces the type E toxin, can only grow in the absence of oxygen, produces butyric acid, forms endospores and ferments granulose. C. butyricum is a causative agent of botulism. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium butyricum. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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