Enterotoxin
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Enterotoxin is a noun meaning (biochemistry) Any of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria.
Meaning
(biochemistry) Any of several toxins produced by intestinal bacteria.
Example Sentences
A more complex mechanism is used by Vibrio cholerae toxin and by the homolog heat-labile enterotoxin secreted by ETEC strains.
An isolate from raw fish, serotype 0:6, unable to invade HeLa cells and negative for heat-stable enterotoxin, was clinically avirulent in this model and caused no lesions by histological examination.
Word Forms
- enterotoxins
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include labile, holotoxin, toxinome, ectotoxin, toxin, exotoxin.
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