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a bacterial genus that turns 'anaerobic' into a threat you can actually catch.
means a genus of rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria that thrive without oxygen and include some of medicine's most notorious pathogens.
from from greek kloster, meaning spindle, because early microscopists saw the swollen spore-bearing cells and thought of a spinning tool.
botulism sourcec. botulinum makes the deadliest toxin known
tetanus causec. tetani spores lurk in soil, rusty nails myth aside
gut disruptorc. difficile explodes after antibiotics wipe out competitors
survival trickspores can outlast boiling water and decades of dormancy