SCIENCE
VIRUS AND BACTERIA
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attacking when your immune system is weakened
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entering through a cut
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producing toxins
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hiding inside your cells
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Detailed explanation-1: -Classically, bacterial toxins are divided into exotoxins and endotoxins. While endotoxins are membrane compounds of Gram-negative bacteria which elicit an inflammatory response in host, exotoxins are secreted proteins which act locally and at distance of the bacterial colonization site.
Detailed explanation-2: -Many disease-causing bacteria produce toxins-powerful chemicals that damage cells and make you ill. Other bacteria can directly invade and damage tissues.
Detailed explanation-3: -The pathogenic bacteria that produce exotoxins mainly include Clostridium tetani, Clostridium botulinum, Clostridium perfringens, Corynebacterium diphtheriae, Group A streptococcus, Staphylococcus aureus, Shigella dysenteriae, Yersinia pestis, Vibrio cholerae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, etc.
Detailed explanation-4: -Acute Infectious Diseases and the Athlete Bacterial toxins, typically the culprits of “food poisoning, ” cause illness by the GI tract’s reaction to the toxin when ingested. The most common examples include Bacillus sp., Campylobacter sp., Clostridium sp., Salmonella sp., Shigella sp., Listeria sp., E.