English: A photomicrograph of Clostridium botulinum bacteria.
This is a photomicrograph of Clostridium botulinum stained with Gentian violet. The bacterium C. botulinum produces a nerve toxin, which causes the rare, but serious paralytic illness Botulism.
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en:Gentian violet. Obtained from the CDC [http://phil.cdc.gov/phil/home.asp Public Health Image Library]. Image credit: CDC (PHIL #2107), 1979. |Source=Originally from [http:
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