The distinct neurotoxin produced by which Clostridia?: (A) Clostridium welchii, (B) Clostridium tetani, (C) Clostridium septicum, (D) Clostridium oedematiens
Answer is B. (B) Clostridium tetani # Toxins: Cl. tetani produces at least two distinct toxins - a hemolysin (tetanolysin) and a powerful neurotoxin (tetanospasmin).> Two are antigenically and pharmacologically distinct & their production is mutually independent