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Definition of Botulinus
1. Noun. Anaerobic bacterium producing botulin the toxin that causes botulism.
Generic synonyms: Eubacteria, Eubacterium, True Bacteria
Group relationships: Genus Clostridium
Definition of Botulinus
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Botulinus
Literary usage of Botulinus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1918)
"A valuable study of B. welchii with reference to classification and to its relation
with diarrhea has been made by Simonds.f BACILLUS botulinus The ..."
2. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"Some of these poisons, as for example the toxin of B. botulinus, are rendered
... In those instances of poisoning due to the presence of B. botulinus the ..."
3. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1919)
"BACILLUS botulinus POISONING: WITH A REPORT OF SEVEN CASES, FOUR OF WHICH PROVED
FATAL. ... in 1895, identified and isolated the Bacillus botulinus. ..."
4. The Microbiology and Microanalysis of Foods by Albert Schneider (1920)
"Recently much has been said and written about botulism, or poisoning from foods
which contain the Bacillus botulinus, or which contain the toxins formed by ..."
5. A Practical Text-book of Infection, Immunity, and Specific Therapy: With by John Albert Kolmer (1915)
"... botulinus ANTITOXIN The nature of the botulinus poison has previously been
described. Wassermann has recently immunized horses against this toxin, ..."
6. Principles of Immunology by Howard Thomas Karsner, Enrique Eduardo Ecker (1921)
"botulinus Toxin and Antitoxin.—Bacillus botulinus produces a toxic body leading
to symptoms often called " ptomaine poisoning. ..."