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Biological Factors > Toxins, Biological > Bacterial Toxins > Endotoxins

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Endotoxins  

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  • Endotoxin

Note

  • antag permitted but consider also ANTITOXINS; coordinate IM with specific bacterium (IM with no qualifiers); for interaction of endotoxins with SUPERANTIGENS

Scope note

  • Toxins closely associated with the living cytoplasm or cell wall of certain microorganisms, which do not readily diffuse into the culture medium, but are released upon lysis of the cells.

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004731

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