<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Binomial name </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Clostridium tetani Flügge, 1881 </Td> </Tr> <P> Clostridium tetani is a rod - shaped, anaerobic species of pathogenic bacteria, of the genus Clostridium . Like other species of genus Clostridium, it is Gram - positive, and its appearance on a gram stain resembles tennis rackets or drumsticks. C. tetani is found as spores in soil or in the gastrointestinal tract of animals . C. tetani produces a potent biological toxin, tetanospasmin, and is the causative agent of tetanus, a disease characterized by painful muscular spasms that can lead to respiratory failure and, in up to 10% of cases, death . </P> <P> C. tetani is a rod - shaped Gram - positive bacterium, typically up to 0.5 micrometers wide and 2.5 micrometers long . It is motile by way of various flagellae that surround its body . C. tetani is an anaerobe and cannot survive in the presence of oxygen . It grows best at temperatures ranging from 33 ° C to 37 ° C . </P>

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