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Shiga toxin

Shiga toxin noun: any of a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.

Noun

Shiga toxin (plural Shiga toxins)

  1. Any of a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.

Forms of Shiga toxin

pluralShiga toxins
alternative formshigatoxin

Origin of Shiga toxin

Named after Japanese bacteriologist Kiyoshi Shiga, who first described the bacterial origin of dysentery caused by Shigella dysenteriae.

Questions about Shiga toxin

What does Shiga toxin mean?
Shiga toxin means any of a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.
What part of speech is Shiga toxin?
Shiga toxin is a noun.
What is the plural of Shiga toxin?
The plural of Shiga toxin is Shiga toxins.

Words near Shiga toxin in the dictionary

  1. shifu
  2. shifus
  3. shig
  4. Shig Shag Day
  5. Shiga
  6. Shiga toxin
  7. Shiga toxins
  8. shigaite
  9. Shigar
  10. shigatoxigenic
  11. shigatoxin

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