Clostridium

This bacteria is very famous in the field of beautify. Maybe you are not familier for its English name, but if I tell you its Chinese name, you will know it. It's 肉毒桿菌.

Clostridium includes common free-living bacteria as well as important pathogens. There are two main species responsible for disease in humans.

The first is C. perfingens, causes a wide range of symptoms, from food poisoning to gas gangrene.

The second is C.botulium,an organism producing a toxin in food/wound that causes botulism. Meanwhile, this species is used to beautify.For example, some people want to let her calf(of the leg) more thinner, so she injected the C. botulium. Because this bacteria will produce the neuron toxin, and make the muscle atrophied. So that, her calf will be thiner than before.

There is a special feature for Clostridium, that is, if they live in the bad environment, they will form the endospores.

This is a short video to show you how endospore formation.

http://tw.youtube.com/watch?v=KDOMyipwPK0

Clostridium is the first dangerous bacteria in food industry, so the standard of disinfectant rely mainly on Clostridium.