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least 13 different toxins, which can cause can detect live C. perfringens in the tubes
diseases such as gas gangrene. One of the about 5 hour after sampling the seawater. The
toxins is named Clostridium perfringens generation time (time for doubling of a popu-
enterotoxin (CPE), which is released in the lation of cells) of C. perfringens in ideal con-
intestinal tract and causes infection/intoxica- ditions, such as in the FDT, is as short as
tion by this organism. Spores of this organ- 7.1 min at 42°C. This is the fastest method
ism naturally distribute widely and can easily known to obtain visible colony-forming units
contaminate foods. of any bacteria in an agar system. More
Most of the incidents of C. perfringens recently, in 2009, by adding the phosphatase