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Uncommon card · Science
Clostridium perfringens, an Uncommon card
Clostridium perfringens is a Gram-positive, bacillus, anaerobic, spore-forming pathogenic bacterium of the genus Clostridium.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 81
- DEF
- 80
- Power
- 161
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 79,000
Power 161 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 80 % of WikiCards cards.
Clostridium perfringens quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Clostridium perfringens card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
C. perfringens was ______ in 1891 by William H. Welch.
Answer
discovered. C. perfringens was discovered in 1891 by William H. Welch. From the Clostridium perfringens article on Wikipedia.
Which of these Wikipedia articles is read the most in a year?
Answer
Epidemiology. Epidemiology 170,000 · Angle 110,000 · Clostridium perfringens 79,000 · Hyades 61,000 Wikipedia reads over a year.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- C. perfringens is present in nature and can be found as a normal component of decaying vegetation, marine sediment, the intestinal tract of humans and other vertebrates, insects, and soil.
- It has the shortest reported generation time of any organism at 6.3 minutes in thioglycolate medium.
- C. perfringens was discovered in 1891 by William H. Welch.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Clostridium perfringens article was read about 79,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 81 and blocks with 80: each hit it takes is cut by 32 %.
How to get Clostridium perfringens
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Clostridium perfringens (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : Content Providers(s): CDC/Don Stalons, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons.
