what is a disease caused by the toxin of an anaerobic microbe.
clostridium perfringens. anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin (exotoxin); can be used as a bioweapon; A type of bacteria that is the most common agent of gas gangrene and can also cause food poisoning as well as a fulminant form of bowel disease called necrotizing colitis. potent, extracellular toxin secreted by some gram positive bacteria. A toxin that secreted by a bacterium into its surrounding medium that help the bacterium compete with other species. Some exotoxins cause serious disease in humans (botulism, tetanus, diptheria, toxic shock syndrome).