Clostridium butyricum

This bacterium belongs to the family that brings us the food poisoning botulism. Interestingly enough the C. botulinum strain is also used in medical applications in the form of botox cosmetic treatments. It can be found in the soil, intestinal tract of animals (including humans), and milk products. It is used as a pro-biotic in livestock animal feeds. While it is not a pro-biotic bacteria in-and-of-itself it displays a synergistic relationship with the other intestinal flora and is used to encourage the proper environment for pro-biotics to thrive.

Full: Clostridium butyricum
Japanese: C. ブチリカム, C. buchirikamu
Type: Bacteria

Manga Notes:
Butyric acid bacillus. It likes pickles, particularly in Japanese food. (Ch 08)