Q.78
Who discovered Clostridium botulinum?
EXPLANATION
Milk-Borne Bacterial Pathogens & Zoonoses: Campylobacter jejuni, Listeria, E. coli O157:H7 & S. aureus
- Discovery of Clostridium botulinum:
- Historical Discovery:
- First isolated and described in 1895 by Belgian microbiologist Émile Pierre-Marie van Ermengem.
- Isolated from salted raw ham that caused a severe botulism outbreak in Ellezelles, Belgium.
- Van Ermengem demonstrated that the clinical illness resulted from ingestion of a potent exotoxin produced in food by this anaerobic, spore-forming bacillus.
- Conclusion: Van Ermengem (Option 1).
Correct option: (1) Van Ermengem
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