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Clostridium perfringens
Definition 1
A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Proteobacteria. This species is motile, hydrolyzes gelatin, produces enterotoxin, is beta-hemolytic and catalase negative. C. perfringens is a food borne pathogen, being the causative agent of pig-bel syndrome and gas gangrene. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium perfringens. (NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
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