- You may think that the bacteria that cause Malaria or the nasty Flesh Eating Bacteria are deadly, but a single gram of toxin from C. botulinum is a lethal dose for 200,000 mice.
- This means that a cup of the toxin in its pure form would be enough to depopulate the entire earth, making it potentially the most dangerous organism on the planet!
- The disease Tetanus is caused by a close relative of C. botulinum, Clostridium tetanai.
- Here's a simplistic video on how the disease botulism works --
http://yourtotalhealth.ivillage.com/botulism.html
- Now that you know a thing or two about botulism, hopefully this will never happen to you!