4 kg of bacteria 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 , and 4 pounds - of all mankind. Stick botulism causes paralysis of the diaphragm , breaks the connection between the brain and muscles , leading to asphyxia.

Clostridium Botulinum is everywhere, she lives on all continents and the continents , in the ground. This bacterium is able to survive even in salt water , in the hot Sahara and Antarctica , which means its perfect ability to adapt to different environmental conditions . The only thing that saves a person from contracting wand - gastric juice that kills bacteria development . If the spores began to form , keep their growth is very difficult. They found difficult even at 10 -minute boiling. Optimal conditions for botulism bacillus stored , for example during cold preservation . If ingestion of contaminated food product only one bite is enough to get infected and die within a day . No man , no animal on the planet has no immunity to botulism . Just one gram per kilogram of body weight Sporebearing sticks becomes guarantor development of botulism and death. Adult elephant weighs 5.5 tonnes , it will die in less than 3 days by eating 0.005454 mg of toxin.