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Agriculture · Q1085

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Graduate and Post Graduate · Agriculture · question 1085

Q1085

Cum-swelling is due to

A.
Presence of acid
B.
Clostridium botulinum
Answer
C.
Presence of sulphur
D.
Presence of iron

Answer: Option B

Solution

Answer: Option B
Solution:
Cum-swelling is due to Clostridium botulinum.
Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming, motile bacterium with the ability to produce the neurotoxin botulinum.
The botulinum toxin can cause botulism, a severe flaccid paralytic disease in humans and other animals. It also causes swelling.