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Toxin — This article is about the class of poisonous substances. For other uses, see Toxin (disambiguation). Universal warning symbol used to indicate toxic substances or environments A toxin (from Ancient Greek: τοξικόν toxikon) is a poisonous… … Wikipedia
Anthrax toxin — refers to three proteins secreted by virulent strains of the bacterium Bacillus anthracis . These three proteins act together in a synergistic way in which they are endocytosed and translocated into the cytoplasm of a macrophage, where it… … Wikipedia
Shiga toxin — Shiga toxins are a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, whose genes are considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.cite journal |author=Friedman D, Court D |title=Bacteriophage lambda: alive and well and… … Wikipedia
Frances Meehan Latterell — (born December 21, 1920) is an American plant pathologist whose research in the late 1940’s opened a major new area of inquiry into the physiological basis of plant disease. She was the senior author on a classic 1947 paper showing that the toxin … Wikipedia
Microbial toxins — are toxins produced by microorganisms, including bacteria, viruses and fungi. Microbial toxins are important virulence determinants responsible for microbial pathogenicity and/or evasion of the host immune response. Some bacterial toxins, such as … Wikipedia
Spot blotch (wheat) — Spot blotch is a leaf disease of wheat caused by Cochliobolus sativus .cite book last = Wiese first = M.V. title = Compendium of wheat diseases publisher = American Phytopathological Society date = 1987 pages = 124 pp ] cite book last = Martens… … Wikipedia
Pasteurellaceae — Taxobox color = lightgrey name = Pasteurellaceae regnum = Bacteria phylum = Proteobacteria classis = Gamma Proteobacteria ordo = Pasteurellales familia = Pasteurellaceae familia authority = Castellani Chalmers, 1919 subdivision ranks = Genera… … Wikipedia
leafhopper — /leef hop euhr/, n. any of numerous leaping, homopterous insects of the family Cicadellidae that suck plant juices, many being serious crop pests. Also called jassid. [1850 55, Amer.; LEAF + HOPPER] * * * Any of the small, slender, often… … Universalium
Clostridium botulinum — stained with gentian violet. Scientific classification Domain … Wikipedia
Orange clownfish — Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum … Wikipedia
