C. tetani is found as spores in soil or in the gastrointestinal tract of animals. C. tetani produces a potent biological toxin, tetanospasmin, and is the causative agent of tetanus, a disease characterized by painful muscular spasms that can lead to respiratory failure and, in up to 40% of cases, death.
mind. 1. the element, part, or process in a human or other conscious being that reasons, thinks, feels, wills, perceives, judges, etc. 2. Psychol. the totality of conscious and unconscious mental processes and activities. 3. intellect or understanding, esp. as distinguished from the emotions and will; intelligence.
knowledge. n. 1. the facts, feelings or experiences known by a person or group of people. 2. the state of knowing. 3. awareness, consciousness, or familiarity gained by experience or learning.. Metaphysics. the doctrine that the reality of perceived external objects is known intuitively, without the intervention of a representative idea. 2. Metaphysics. the doctrine that knowledge rests upon axiomatic truths discerned intuitively.