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Clostridium perfringens

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Definition: The most common etiologic agent of GAS GANGRENE. It is differentiable into several distinct types based on the distribution of twelve different toxins.  infection    Other names Clostridium welchii
 
SubstanceCAS Registry & nameCategoriesSource
acid-soluble spore protein C2, Clostridium perfringens  0   *Porins *Bacterial Proteins Clostridium perfringens. Gene 1990;91(1):107
ASSP C1 protein, Clostridium  0   *Bacterial Proteins Clostridium perfringens. Gene 1990;91(1):107
iota toxin, Clostridium perfringens  0   *Bacterial Toxins *ADP Ribose Transferases Clostridium perfringens Enterotoxins. Toxicon 1986;24(8):767
Clostridium perfringens epsilon-toxin  0   *Bacterial Toxins Clostridium perfringens. Infect Immun 1983;42(3):1183
enterotoxin, Clostridium  0   *Enterotoxins Clostridium perfringens. Cell Biol Int Rep 1982;6(7):705; Rev Latinoam Microbiol 1982;23(4):207
Clostridium perfringens toxoid  0   *Toxoids Bacterial Vaccines Clostridium perfringens. Lancet 1982;2(8294):389
Clostridium perfringens delta-toxin  0   *Bacterial Toxins Clostridium perfringens. Infect Immun 1981;31(2):536
Clostridium perfringens theta-toxin  71329-60-7 Perfringolysin O  *Bacterial Toxins *Hemolysin Proteins Clostridium perfringens. Biochim Biophys Acta 1979;558(3):307; Biochim Biophys Acta 554(1):68;1979
welchicin  78920-49-7 Welchicin  *Bacteriocins Clostridium perfringens. Rev Lat Am Microbiol 18(2):61;1976

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