Pewarnaan Gram Clostridium Tetani. It is also called spasmogenic toxin or tent the ld 50 of this toxin has been measured to be approximately 2 5 3 ng kg making it second only to the. Its toxins then cause uncontrolled activation of alpha motor neurons leading to muscular rigidity and spasms.
18 the mature organism loses its flagella and forms a spherical terminal spore 19 thus looking like a squash racket fig. Tetani is a rod shaped gram positive bacterium typically up to 0 5 μm wide and 2 5 μm long. It is the causative agent of tetanus a vaccine preventable disease that classically follows a puncture wound by a rusty nail or any object contaminated with spores of c.
Costridium tetani menghasilkan 2 eksotosin yaitu tetanospamin dan tetanolisin.
It is gram positive and commonly appears to be shaped like a drumstick or tennis racket when stained. This strange appearance is due to the sporulation that occurs inside the cell. Clostridium tetani termasuk bakteri gram positif anaerobic berspora mengeluarkan eksotoksin. Clostridium tetani is an obligate anaerobic gram positive bacillus with terminal round spore drum stick appearance.
