Toxins

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Toxin:

a specific chemical product of microbes,

plants, and some animals that is poisonous to other organisms

Neurotoxins = Neurosystem

Enterotoxins = Intestines

Hemotoxins = Blood

Nephrotoxins = Kidneys

Exotoxin:

extremely powerful, sometimes deadly

effects

affect cells by damaging the cell membrane and initiating

lysis and

disrupting intracellular function

Endotoxins:

lipopolysaccharide

(LPS)

part of the outer membrane of gram-negative cell walls

causes fever,

inflammation, hemorrhage, and diarrhea

Toxins Quiz

Toxins Quiz