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MSH: The cause of TETANUS in humans and domestic animals. It is a common inhabitant of human and horse intestines as well as soil. Two components make up its potent exotoxin activity, a neurotoxin and a hemolytic toxin.,NCI: Any bacterial organism that can be assigned to the species Clostridium tetani.,NCI: A species of anaerobic, Gram positive, rod shaped bacteria assigned to the phylum Firmicutes. This species is motile by peritrichous flagella, indole and lipase positive, lecithinase negative, hydrolyzes gelatin, ferments inositol and does not ferment glucose or maltose. C. tetani may colonize the intestinal tract of humans and is pathogenic, being the causative agent of Tetanus infection.
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