What is Clostridium perfringens?
{{Italictitle}} {{Taxobox | name = ''Clostridium perfringens'' | image = Clostridium_perfringens.jpg | image_width = 240px | image_caption = Photomicrograph of ''Clostridium perfringens'' | regnum = [[Bacteria]] | phylum = [[Firmicutes]] | classis = [[Clostridia]] | ordo = [[Clostridia]]les | familia = [[Clostridiaceae]] | genus = ''[[Clostridium]]'' | species = '''''C. perfringens''''' | binomial = ''Clostridium perfringens'' | binomial_authority = Veillon & Zuber 1898<br />Hauduroy ''et al.'' 1937 }} '''''Clostridium perfringens''''' is a [[gram-positive]] [[Bacteria|bacterium]] of the genus ''[[Clostridium]]''. ''C. perfringens'' is ubiquitous in nature and can be found as a normal component of decaying vegetation, marine sediment, the intestinal tract of [[human]]s and other [[vertebrate]]s, [[insect]]s, and [[soil]]. ''C. perfringens'' is a human [[pathogen]] sometimes, and other times it can be ingested and not cause any harm. {{biology-stub}} [[Category:Clostridium]]