- An
enterotoxin is a
protein exotoxin released by a
microorganism that
targets the intestines. They can be
chromosomally or
plasmid encoded. They are heat...
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Staphylococcus is a
genus of Gram-positive
bacteria in the
family Staphylococcaceae from the
order Bacillales.
Under the microscope, they
appear spherical...
- the
field of
molecular biology,
enterotoxin type B, also
known as
Staphylococcal enterotoxin B (SEB), is an
enterotoxin produced by the gram-positive bacteria...
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Cholera toxin (also
known as choleragen, CTX, CTx and CT) is a
potent enterotoxin produced by the
bacterium Vibrio cholerae which causes severe watery...
- Heat-stable
enterotoxins (STs) are
secretory peptides produced by some
bacterial strains, such as
enterotoxigenic Escherichia coli
which are in general...
- In
molecular biology, the heat-labile
enterotoxin family includes Escherichia coli heat-labile
enterotoxin (Elt or LT) and
cholera toxin (Ctx) secreted...
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Clostridium enterotoxins are
toxins produced by
Clostridium species.
Clostridial species are one of the
major causes of food poisoning/gastrointestinal...
- biology, the
Bacillus haemolytic enterotoxin family of
proteins consists of
several Bacillus haemolytic enterotoxins (HblC, HblD, HblA, NheA, and NheB)...
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symptoms of
toxic shock. Some
strains of E. coli
produce heat-stable
enterotoxins (ST),
which are
small peptides that are able to
withstand heat treatment...
- occur, but are less common.
Enterotoxins produced by ETEC
include heat-labile
enterotoxin (LT) and heat-stable
enterotoxin (ST). To date, no
licensed vaccines...
