Electron capture gas chromatography study of the acid and alcohol products of Clostridium septicum and Clostridium chauvoei

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Abstract
The metabolic products of several strains of C. septicum obtained from patients and animals and strains of C. chauvoei were studied in chopped meat glucose medium by electron capture (EC) GLC. The strains of C. septicum and C. chauvoei comprised 5 different metabolic groups. The EC-GLC study and the O and H antigenic study showed that C. septicum strains comprise a heterogeneous group. Only 1 metabolic profile was found for C. chauvoei strains. The O antigen types and EC-GLC metabolic types of C. septicum correlated fairly well in isolates from cancer patients but not in stock culture and animal isolates. [A study of the Clostridium metabolic products might reveal similarities or differences to explain the diversity in their disease production spectra.].