Talk:Clostridium

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Correct information?
It says there are seven types of Clostridium toxins, I know that there are seven types of Botulinum toxins, maybe someone got them mixed up? Or I could be wrong. Please someone check on that. Please message me as I want the answer to this as well. Also please cite your sources. Kinkreet —Preceding undated comment added 17:30, 31 May 2011 (UTC).

We're still missing about 80 species from this genus. I've added some more common ones. Jhay116 (talk) 16:57, 22 June 2009 (UTC)

Shouldn't the information in the Species info-box (regarding dog diseases) be in the main text? --ChrisDBull 13:37, 11 April 2006 (UTC)

"A post-mortem on an individual who has died of Clostridium bacteria will reveal that they have blood-filled lungs or intestines." Perhaps this sentence was inferred from a House episode... 158.42.188.203 11:09, 24 May 2006 (UTC)

- it says that C. perfringens causes gas gangrene. Is this true? I thought gas gangrene was only from Group A Strep....I am only in first year though, so I would appreciate a correction if I'm wrong. I just checked it's wrong. Sorry! -- Check your undergrad microbiology textbook. C. perfringens is a major cause of gas gangrene. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.183.213.175 (talk) 06:24, 21 June 2009 (UTC)

Accessibility
This article is painfully tersely written. Can someone with knowledge summarise what it is/does/infects in layman terms first, then give the scientific description? It's going to be mentioned on British tv tonight (4 Dec) and people might want to actually have an idea what the reality is - the programme will likely be little more than FUD.

pictures would be helpful
anyone got any good pictures? I heard in class today that these are "boxcar-like" gram positive rods, but I want to see it. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Cajolingwilhelm (talk • contribs) 18:36, 16 January 2007 (UTC).

More members of this genus
I would add these myself but I'm not sure if they have been left out of the infobox in this article for a reason or not (I have not done any work on the biology stuff here). There is Clostridium thermocellum which we have an article on already, as well as Clostridium carboxidivorans, which I found a journal article about if anyone wants to start an article on it. -AndrewBuck (talk) 03:50, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

I'm a layman and know nearly nothing about microbiology or the classification of such critters, but is "Clostridium bolteae" a real thing? If so, does it belong in this article? It's popped up in the news with a story about a vaccine for gut troubles associated with autism. Ezriilc (talk) 15:10, 25 April 2013 (UTC)

Plagiarism
A large portion of this article appears to be copy and pasted directly from this link. This information is not given credit in the Wikipedia article. I have removed the copy and pasted part of the article. http://bioweb.uwlax.edu/bio203/s2008/strandwi_phil/search.htm Gary (talk) 01:43, 28 July 2009 (UTC)

Taxonomy error
The family and genus in the taxonomy bar link to the wrong group. I would fix it but I don't have permission Iamtheplague37 (talk) 03:45, 16 October 2023 (UTC)