Botulinum Toxin: Unraveling the Science and Applications
In the world of medicine and cosmetics, few substances have garnered as much attention and controversy as botulinum toxin. Often
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exotoxin
Toxins Produced By Microorganism
Some microorganisms produce poisonous substance known as toxins. Their potency can be expressed in various ways: the most precious is
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Clostridium Botulinum
Cl. Botulinum causes botulism, a paralytic disease usually presenting as a form of food poisoning. Botulism bacillus is a widely distributed
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Streptococcus pyogenes
Morphology The individual cocci of streptococcus pyogenes are spherical or oval having size of 0.5 – 1.0 micrometer in diameter.
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Toxigenicity
In general bacteria produce two type of toxins endotoxins and exotoxin. Exotoxins Exotoxins are heat labile proteins which are secreted
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