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WWW Sites for Gram Positive Sporeforming Bacteria


For more information or to give suggestion and comments on any of the material contained under this page, contact Bruce E. Langlois, belang1@pop.uky.edu

Content of Sites


Endospore Formation
Bacillus
Clostridium

General Information

Gram-staining Procedure
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Endospore Formation

Formation of Endospores
Differentiation of a vegetative cell to a spore
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Bacillus


Bacillus
U S Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins 1992 (Bad Bug Book)

Bacillus cereus
Bacillus cereus food poisining article, Morbidity and Mortality

Bacillus cereus food borne illness

Bacillus megaterium
Microbe zoo, cross section micrograph and info.

Bacillus subtilis
EPA risk assessment

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Clostridium


Clostridium sp.
Anaerobic Gram-Positive Rods:

Clostridium

Clostridium botulinum
U S Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins 1992, Bad Bug Book

Clostridial Food Poisoning
the disease, organism, sources and control

Clostridium botulinum/botulism:
the disease, organism, sources and control

Case Definitions - Botulism (Foodborne, Infant, Wound and Other)

Botulism - Signs

Botulism
A disease of the Gastrointestinal System
One may choose any of eight (8) topics of discussion for this health state

Botulism-
What Is It? Symptoms. How Is It Spread? Diagnosis & Treatment. Prevention. What Is It?
Seattle-King County Department of Public Health.

Botulism

Botulism

Botulism

Botulism: It Only Takes A Taste

Botulism and Food Safety

Botulism

Botulinum Toxin: A Poison That Can Heal

Avian Botulism.

Type B Botulism Associated with Roasted Eggplant in Oil Italy
MMWR Weekly Report, January 20, 1995 / Vol. 44 / No. 2

Foodborne Botulism -- Oklahoma, 1994
MMWR Weekly Report, March 24, 1995 / Vol. 44 / No. 11

Botulism in low-acid canned foods

Ensuring safe canned foods

FDA news release, Garlic in Oil Mixes

Safe storage of herbs and vegetables in oil

. Basics for canning vegetables.
Ohio State University Fact Sheet

Infant Botulism

Infant Botulism and Honey

Honey: An Avoidable Risk Factor for Infant Botulism
Jairus David, M.S., Ph.D., Manager, Microbiology and Thermal Processing Laboratories and The New Technologies Council, Gerber Products Company

Wound botulism

Clostridium perfringens

Clostridium perfringens
National Live Stock & Meat Board

Clostridium Perfringens & Repeated GI Outbreaks

Gastroenteritis and Clostridium perfringens
U S Food & Drug Administration Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition, Foodborne Pathogenic Microorganisms and Natural Toxins 1992 Bad Bug Book

Clostridium perfringens
Gastroenteritis Associated with Corned Beef Served at St. Patrick's Day Meals -- Ohio and Virginia, 1993

Outbreaks of Gastroenteritis

Clostridium Perfringens Enteritis

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