Clostridium botulinum
Jan 26th – Botulism, Latin for ‘sausage disease,’ was first recognized in 1735 as a form of food-poisoning in German sausages. It is caused by Clostridium botulinum, which produce a neurotoxin that is one of the most poisonous natural substances known (and has even been developed as a biological weapon). Fortunately, C. botulinum, a bacteria, …