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Clostridium botulinum growing on egg yolk agar showing the lipase reaction after 72 hours of incubation.

C. botulinum is a strictly anaerobic bacterium that when grown on egg yolk agar, its colonies will exhibit a lipase reaction, described as the shiny area around each colony.

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CDC/ Courtesy of Larry Stauffer, Oregon State Public Health Laboratory

2002

CDC - National Center for Emerging and Zoonotic Infectious Diseases (NCEZID); Division of Foodborne, Waterborne, and Environmental Diseases (DFWED); Botulism: General Information

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MeSH

Diseases

Bacterial Infections and Mycoses

Bacterial Infections

Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections

Clostridium Infections

Botulism

Disorders of Environmental Origin

Poisoning

Food Poisoning

Botulism

Nervous System Diseases

Neuromuscular Diseases

Neuromuscular Junction Diseases

Botulism

Neurotoxicity Syndromes

Botulism

Organisms

Bacteria

Gram-Positive Bacteria

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