Summary

Description Clostridium botulinum 01.png	English: A photomicrograph of Clostridium botulinum bacteria. This is a photomicrograph of Clostridium botulinum stained with Gentian violet. The bacterium C. botulinum produces a nerve toxin, which causes the rare, but serious paralytic illness Botulism.
Date	1979
Source	This media comes from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 's Public Health Image Library (PHIL), with identification number #2107 . Note: Not all PHIL images are public domain; be sure to check copyright status and credit authors and content providers. العربية | Deutsch | English | македонски | slovenščina | +/−
Author	Content Providers: CDC
Permission ( Reusing this file )	PD-USGOV-HHS-CDC.

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• 2006-02-23 00:48 MarcoTolo 645×610×8 (440668 bytes) == Summary == ''Clostridium botulinum'' bacteria stained with [[Gentian violet]]. Obtained from the CDC [http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp Public Health Image Library]. Image credit: CDC (PHIL #2107), 1979. == Licensing == {{PD-USGov-HHS-CDC}}