Osmosis video - Clostridium perfringens

Clostridium perfringens is a spore-forming, gram-positive obligate anaerobe bacterium that can cause food poisoning. The most common symptoms of Clostridium perfringens food poisoning are abdominal cramps and diarrhea, and vomiting. Clostridium perfringens also causes myonecrosis or gas gangrene once it gets into a wound. It can be deadly unless urgent surgical debridement and antibiotic therapy are initiated rapidly.