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A good example of a microbe that produces toxins in its disease process is staphylococcus sp. It produces shock and sepsis. You may have heard of "blood poisoning". That is what sepsis is. Tetanus is another example of a toxin producing disease. Muscles are paralyzed.
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What biological agent acts to destroy an organism by overwhelming the organism's ability to rid itself of the poison produced?
A toxin.
What is the medical term meaning poison produced by an organism?
Poisons produced by pathogenic bacteria are called bacterial toxins, endotoxins, or exotoxins.
The resistance of an organism to disease is known as?
The resistance of an organism to disease is known as immunity. This defense mechanism helps protect the body from harmful pathogens such as bacteria, viruses, and parasites.
Is staph infection poison?
No it is an organism.
What is the meaning of bioterrorism dealing with food and nutrition?
Bioterrorism in food would be if terrorists put deadly or disease causing poison onto apples, processed it into breads, or put it in any food. Basically it means to poison food.
What result from griffith's experiments suggested that the cause of pneumonia was not a chemical poison released by the disease-causing bacteria?
The difference between "walking pneumonia" and "true pneumonia".
What type of biological agent acts to destroy an organism by overwhelming the organism's ability to rid itself of the poison it produces?
A toxin often overwhelms the organism's ability to rid itself of the poison.
What poison is produced by high fever?
pyrotoxin
What biological agent acts to destroy an organism by overwhelming the organism's ability to rid it of the poison it produces?
toxin
How you call resistance to disease or poison?
Immune
Resistance to disease or poison?
Immunity is the resistance to disease or poison. This means that the body is capable of fighting the infection without the aid of medical intervention.
What is the poison produced by an imperfect fungus called?
Aflatoxin
