Habitat

HABITAT

  • Soil, especially that contaminated by animal faeces, is the natural habitat as C.tetani is often transient in the intestines of horses and other animals.
  • It is ubiquitous and has been recovered from a wide variety of other sources, including street and hospital dust, cotton wool, bandages, catgut, plaster of paris, clothing etc. It may occur as an apparently harmless contaminant in wounds.
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