Clostridium perfringens culture. Petri dish containing a nutrient medium that has been used to culture a microbe which has been identified as the bacterium Clostridium perfringens. This bacterium is the main cause of the acute rapidly-spreading gangrene known as gas gangrene. It results in foul-smelling dead tissue. It is cultured on blood agar, a nutrient agar enriched with blood for bacterial growth. | |
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Credit: | Science Photo Library / Beckmann, Daniela |
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