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*Characteristics:
 
*Characteristics:
 
**Terminal, spherical endospores give mother cells a drumstick appearance
 
**Terminal, spherical endospores give mother cells a drumstick appearance
**Enodospores resistant to boiling and chemicals but susceptible to autoclaving
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**Endospores resistant to boiling and chemicals but susceptible to autoclaving
 
**Swarming growth and haemolytic on blood agar
 
**Swarming growth and haemolytic on blood agar
 
**Many serotypes but all produce same neurotoxin, tetanospasmin, therefore antibodies neutralise all
 
**Many serotypes but all produce same neurotoxin, tetanospasmin, therefore antibodies neutralise all
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**Toxoid vaccine for farm animals
 
**Toxoid vaccine for farm animals
 
**Debridement of wounds in horses
 
**Debridement of wounds in horses
      
===''Clostridium botulinum''===
 
===''Clostridium botulinum''===
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