Learning Objectives for "Bacterial Pathogenesis: Factors that Damage the Host"
2. Producing Harmful Exotoxins
c. Type III Toxins that Interfere with Host Cell Function

After completing this section you should be able to perform the following objectives.

1.* Define A-B toxins and state the functions of the A component and the B component.

2. State how the following exotoxins cause harm and name a bacterium producing each:

a. diphtheria exotoxin

f. botulism exotoxin

b. cholera exotoxin

c. enterotoxins

d. shiga toxin

e. anthrax lethal toxin and edema toxin

f. botulism exotoxin

g. tetanus exotoxin

Highlighted Bacterium

1. Read the description of Corynebacterium diphtheriae and match the bacterium with the description of the organism and the infection it causes.

2. Read the description of Bacillus anthracis and match the bacterium with the description of the organism and the infection it causes.

TPS Questions

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Gary E. Kaiser, Ph.D.
Professor of Microbiology
The Community College of Baltimore County, Catonsville Campus
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Based on a work The Grapes of Staph at https://cwoer.ccbcmd.edu/science/microbiology/index_gos.html.