Clostridium species represent a group of anaerobic, spore-forming bacteria that have a profound impact on dairy products. Their metabolic activities, notably the fermentation of lactic acid into ...

The engine behind this fermentation method is Clostridium perfringens, a close relative of bacteria that cause botulism, tetanus, and food poisoning. It can eat flesh. It gives gas gangrene its ...

One canonical example is the ABE fermentation by Clostridium acetobutylicum, during which cells convert carbon sources to organic acids that are later re-assimilated to produce solvents as a ...

the fermentation reactions, the agglutination and the toxin-antitoxin neutralization test are of importance for classification. On the basis of cultural and peptolytic behavior the anaerobes are ...