Morphology

MORPHOLOGY
  • C.tetani is a straight, slender, Gram positive rod that characteristically produces a terminal, spherical endospores that bulges the cell giving the characteristic drumstick appearance. (The young spore may be oval rather than spherical).
  • It occurs singly and occasionally in chains.
  • It is non-capsulated and motile by peritrichous flagella.
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