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Clostridium perfringens, Gram-stained smear, pig
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Clostridium perfringens, Gram-stained smear, pig

    C perfringens, Gram-stained smear from intestinal epithelial surface of a pig; high power. Note the characteristic intensely gram-positive large rods and their lack of spores.

Courtesy of Dr. John Prescott.