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4 unusual facts about Clostridium perfringens


Black tar heroin

The practice of "skin-popping" or subcutaneous injection predisposes to necrotizing fasciitis or necrotizing cellulitis from Clostridium perfringens, while deep intramuscular injection predisposes to necrotizing myositis.

Clostridium perfringens

In May 2011, a man died after allegedly eating food contaminated with the bacteria on a transatlantic American Airlines flight.

The man's wife and daughter are suing American and LSG Sky Chefs, the German company that prepared the inflight food.

Salt-rising bread

One of the main rising agents in salt rising bread is a bacterium Clostridium perfringens, along with lactobacillus and other wild microbes, as opposed to mainly yeast or baking soda.



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