4 kg of the bacterium Clostridium Botulinum enough to kill all of humanity

Clostridium Botulinum - spore-forming rod that produces botulism - one of the most toxic creatures on Earth. One teaspoon of this poison is enough to kill the entire population of the United States of America, and 4 kilograms - of all mankind. Wand Botulism causes paralysis of the diaphragm, breaks the connection between the brain and muscles, leading to asphyxiation.

Clostridium Botulinum is everywhere, she lived on all continents and continents, in the ground. This bacterium is able to survive even in salty sea water in the hot Sahara and Antarctica, suggesting its great ability to adapt to different conditions of the environment. The only thing that saves a person from contracting a stick - the gastric juice kills bacteria development. If the disputes started to be formed, to contain their growth is very difficult. They are difficult to output even at 10-minute boiling. Optimal conditions for botulism bacillus stored, for example, during cold preservation. By drinking contaminated food product is only one bite is enough to become infected and die within a day. No man, no animal on the planet does not have immunity to botulism. Just one gram per kilogram of body weight spore-forming bacillus becomes the guarantor of botulism and death. An adult elephant weighs 5, 5 tonnes, he will die in less than 3 days by eating 0 005 454 mg of toxin.

via factroom.ru