Chapter 13.2, Problem 11CYP

Summary Introduction

Introduction:

A toxin is a specific chemical product of microbes, plants, and some animals that has poisonous effects on other organisms. Toxigenicity, the power to produce toxins, is a genetically controlled characteristic of many bacterial species and is responsible for the adverse effects of a variety of diseases generally called toxinoses. There are two types of toxins – endotoxin and exotoxin.