Review Session 20130429 Question from students and Answers 4

Question:

Are all Clostridium spp unable to ferment sugar?

Consult: Microbe Wiki http://microbewiki.kenyon.edu/index.php/Clostridium_perfringens

C. perfringens has all the glycolytic genes and should be able to ferment sugar.

C. botulinum--no report on sugar fermentation