[struwwelpeter]

possible residues of a "tetanus virus-carrying chemical was among those found" in Sunday's raid, along with a "bio-terror manual".

Well, if the 'manual' described it as a 'tetanus virus chemical', I'm a lot less worried. Tetanus = a symptom caused by a toxin produced by a specific Clostridium bacterium. Sounds a bit over-hyped.

OTOH, I've known quite a few sharpshooters who couldn't spell 'bullet'.

[bonesmccoy]

I agree..

Clostridium tetani is not a virus... It's a bacteria.
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000615.htm

[PurVirgo]

=) Good to see you guys are on top of things! I have to wonder about the validity of this report, though, after reading that. Besides - doesn't the bacteria become unable to produce toxin under aerobic conditions?

Question though - does Clostridium tetani form endospores?