The purpose for me doing this report is to solely teach everyone about the
good things and bad things ( Mostly bad things ) about the tetanus pathogen and
to benefit my own education. Anther reason I'm doing this report is that I think
it will be enjoying as I did it in my free time.
Tetanus is an interesting bacteria with many things about you would not
believe. One type of it is smaller than a fifth the diameter of a single strand of
hair yet it could kill any man only by producing 0.00025 grams of toxin. It
would take 20 times that of the deadliest cobra venom to do that and 150 times
that of strychnine in order to kill a man. There are also many other facts like
this and opinions inside the body of this report that you should find out. If you
wish to find them out, turn the page!! Although the Clostridium Tetani is one of the world's most dangerous
pathogens (Bacteria).
English: This micrograph depicts a group of Clostr...
English: This micrograph depicts a group of Clostr...
English: Lockjaw symptoms are caused due to Clostr...Clostridium Tetani are not parasites like AIDS or Polio,
in fact is a saprophyte. That means they are mainly decomposers and cannot
reproduce, grow or live to a degree that they could if they were in waste or
dead matter. These saprophytes are mainly found in places such as soil plus
human and animal feces, but their spores can be found everywhere such as on
steel, sewage, manure, on your hands, on your feet, on your nose, and every
other possible place you can think of.
C. Tetani has the most potent exotoxin of all the known micro-organisms
in the world. It's toxin, as will be mentioned below, is very deadly in small
doses and mainly focuses it's destructive capabilities on destroying nerves that
command motor skills, the heart, the lungs,