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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 264. Not illustrated. Chapters: Gram-Positive Bacteria, Clostridium Botulinum, Bacillus, Staphylococcus Aureus, Streptococcus, Streptococcus Pyogenes, Clostridium Difficile, Listeria, Clostridium Novyi, Corynebacterium, Streptococcus Iniae, Clostridium Tetani, Nocardia, Streptococcus Pneumoniae, Rhodococcus Equi, Clostridium Acetobutylicum, Staphylococcus Epidermidis, Enterococcus, Clostridium Perfringens, Actinobacteria, Streptococcus Mutans, Streptococcus Bovis, Streptococcus Suis, Streptococcus Agalactiae, Propionibacterium Acnes, Strangles, Actinomyces, Corynebacterium Diphtheriae, Staphylococcus Saprophyticus, Actinomyces Israelii, Streptococcus Viridans, Clostridium Sordellii, Lactobacillales, Staphylococcus Haemolyticus, Streptococcus Salivarius, Staphylococcus Xylosus, Streptococcus Thermophilus, Clostridium Septicum, Corynebacterium Jeikeium, Streptococcus Sanguinis, Staphylococcus Lugdunensis, Staphylococcus Capitis, Staphylococcus Hominis, Corynebacterium Bovis, Staphylococcus Caprae, Corynebacterium Renale, Clostridium Tyrobutyricum, Solobacterium Moorei, Staphylococcus Warneri, Clostridium Beijerinckii, Corynebacterium Minutissimum, Nocardia Asteroides, Streptococcus Oralis, Streptococcus Mitis, Streptococcus Anginosus, Streptococcus Ratti, Nocardia Brasiliensis, Streptococcus Uberis, Streptococcus Sobrinus, Streptococcus Parasanguinis, Streptococcus Canis, Streptococcus Peroris, Streptococcus Vestibularis, Clostridium Butyricum. Excerpt: Clostridium difficile (Greek kloster (), spindle, and Latin difficile, difficult), also known as "CDF/cdf," or "C. diff," is a species of Gram-positive bacteria of the genus Clostridium that causes diarrhea and other intestinal disease when competing bacteria are wiped out by antibiotics. Clostridia are anaerobic, spore-forming rods (bacilli). C. difficile is the most serious cause ...