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Effects of Exotoxins
Microbiology - Effects of Exotoxins
Bacterium | Name of Toxin or Disease |
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Bacillus anthracis | Anthrax (cytotoxin)Gram + produce exotoxins |
Bacillus cereus | Enterotoxin Gram+ produce exotoxins |
Clostridiuim botullinum | Botulism Gram+ produce exotoxinx |
Clostridium perfringens | Gas gangrene(alpha toxin0 & Food poisoning(enterotoxin)Gram+ produce exotoxins |
Clostridium tetani | Tetanus(lockjaw - neurotoxin)Gram+ produce exotoxins |
Corynebacterium diptheriae | Diptheria; produced by virus infected (cytotoxin) bacteria Gram+ produce exotoxins |
Escherichia coli | Traveler's diarrhea (enterotoxin) & O157:H7 (enterotoxin) Gram- produce endotoxins |
Pseudomonas auruginosa | Various infrections (exotoxin A) Gram - produce endotoxins |
Shigella dysenteriae | Bacillary dysentery (enterotoxins) Gram - produce endotoxins |
Staphylococcus aureus | Food poisoning (enterotoxin) & Scalded skin syndrome (exofliatin) Gram+ produce endotoxins |
Streptococcus pyogenes | Scarlet fever (erythrogenic, or red-producing toxin) Gram + produce endotoxins |
Vibrio cholerae | Cholera (enterotoxin) Gram - produce endotoxins |