http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-14761417
The bacteria they refer to is Clostridium sporogenes. Many of you will recall that this genus is one of the endospore-formers, and that this genus is primarily anaerobic. The general idea is that the C. sporogenes can grow within the tissues because it is anaerobic. This is not necessarily intuitive to me because I seem to recall that vascularization (and hence blood/oxygen supply) is an important feature of a tumor - but there must be more to it.
Anyhow, to those currently in the course - I thought this was timely considering the material that has been covered in this first section
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