Bal Ram Singh

Botulinum Toxins: the Good, Bad, and the Ugly

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. PD-USGOV-HHS-CDC.Botulinum neurotoxin is produced by the anaerobic bacterium Clostridium botulinum. It is the most poisonous poison known. Very small amounts of botulinum toxin can lead to botulism, a descending paralysis with prominent bulbar symptoms and often affecting the autonomic nervous system.

Bal Ram Singh, posted on February 10th, 2009
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