Clostridium tetani

<i>Clostridium tetani</i>

Fig. 3. Gram staining of Clostridium tetani, strain PAT 2483/10. The bacteria has started to sporulate and the arrows indicate positions of spores. Note the tennis racket or drumstick appearance of bacteria with spores. The length of the scale bar is equivalent to 5 µm. The bacteria originate from a recently closed case of wound infection of a sheep. Date: 2010-06-14.

 

Credit: Karl-Erik Johansson (BVF, SLU & SVA) & Lena Lundgren (SVA).

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