The production of toxin by Bacillus œdematis maligni (Vibrion septique)

Serological Relations Among Spore-Forming Anaerobic Bacteria

“…Clostridium septicum (Vibrion septique; Bacillus oedematis maligni) also produces a toxin which has no type-specificity, although sub-types on the basis of agglutination do exist within the species. The general serological properties of the toxin are known (19,20,71,158,264,266,338,348). The pathology of the extremely rapid death of animals injected intravenously with the toxin has been explained recently (245).…”