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epsilon toxin
A bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens or anaerobic Gram-positive rod bacterium that produces epsilon toxin.

It causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhea that begins 8-22 hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria.

This entry is located in the following unit: epsilon; Ε, ε + (page 1)
shiga toxin, shigatoxin
Bacterial toxin from Shigella dysenteriae that blocks eukaryotic protein synthesis.

Shigella dysenteriae refers to a group of structurally related toxins that block eukaryotic protein synthesis by cleaving the 28S rRNA subunit of ribosomes (small cellular components).

This entry is located in the following unit: toxico-, toxic-, toxi-, tox-, toxin-, -toxically, -toxaemia, -toxemia, -toxaemic, -toxemic, -toxical, -toxy, -toxis, -toxicosis, -toxism, -toxia, -toxin, -toxicity (page 12)