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English: This micrograph depicts a group of Clostridium tetani bacteria, responsible for causing tetanus in humans.
Tetanus is an acute, often fatal, disease caused by an exotoxin produced by C. tetani. It is characterized by generalized rigidity and convulsive spasms of skeletal muscles, usually involving the jaw (lockjaw) and neck, then becoming generalized.
Deutsch: Eine Gruppe Clostridium tetani.
日本語: 破傷風菌. 顕微鏡で見た破傷風菌. |
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PD-USGov-HHS-CDC English: None - This image is in the public domain and thus free of any copyright restrictions. As a matter of courtesy we request that the content provider be credited and notified in any public or private usage of this image. |
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This file is a work of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, part of the United States Department of Health and Human Services, taken or made as part of an employee's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the file is in the public domain.
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| current | 07:20, 2 March 2005 | | 700 × 469 (35 KB) | wikimediacommons>Kookaburra |
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