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botulinum

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for botulinum.

Editorial note

You also have to do it very quickly due to anaerobic pathogens like Clostridium botulinum and Listeria monocytogenes.

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Quick take

An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin

Meaning at a glance

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noun

An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for botulinum.

Example sentences

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You also have to do it very quickly due to anaerobic pathogens like Clostridium botulinum and Listeria monocytogenes.

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Tangential but interesting tidbit: Botulinum toxin messes with your motor neurons, which is bad news for your heart.

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This more commonly occurs when making garlic infused olive oil, since the botulinum needs time to grow.

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Tuberculosis ( Mycobacterium tuberculosis ), many stomach ulcers ( Helicobacter pylori ), botulism ( Clostridium botulinum ), and e.

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For example, Clostridium botulinum needs to be boiled for ten minutes to destroy the toxin.

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Does botulism mean systemic hierarchy of botulinum.

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Moderation in all things including moderation excluding ricin, botulinum, radioactive polonium and militant extremism.

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And botulinum toxin only needs to exist in microscopic quantities to cause injury and death—would you eat a jar contaminated with it?

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I did not know about the trivially-produced botulinum toxin potential of garlic sitting in olive oil at room temperature.

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Iraq conducted field tests of Bacillus subtilis (anthrax stimulant), botulinum toxins, and aflatoxins.

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Wait until your realize botulinum toxin has an LD50 of just 3 ng/kg.

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Spores of Clostridium botulinum require temperatures way above boiling point to destroy.

Proper noun examples

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Botulinum toxin has an LD50 of a couple of nanograms per kg of body weight, which makes it especially mad that people use it in a fairly loose fashion for cosmetic skin tightening.

Frequently asked questions

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How do you use botulinum in a sentence?

You also have to do it very quickly due to anaerobic pathogens like Clostridium botulinum and Listeria monocytogenes.

What does botulinum mean?

An anaerobic soil bacterium, Clostridium botulinum, that secretes the toxin botulin

What part of speech is botulinum?

botulinum is commonly used as noun.