The obligate anerobe responsible of botulism is

E.coli

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Penicillium citrinum

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Aspergillus niger

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Clostridium botulinum

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Solution

The correct option is D Clostridium botulinum
Clostridium botulinum is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, anaerobic, spore-forming, motile bacterium with the ability to produce the neurotoxin botulinum. It is an obligate anaerobe, meaning that oxygen is poisonous to the cells.
Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

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