| clostridium perfringens in the environment. | clostridium perfringens was isolated from samples collected in puget sound in the state of washington and areas considered as possible sources of these organisms to puget sound. the distribution of c. perfringens in the total clostridium population was determined for fish gut contents and sediments collected in highly polluted and less polluted areas, sewage samples, freshwater sediments, and soils. the greatest numbers of c. perfringens were obtained from marine sediments collected near the sew ... | 1974 | 4371684 |