Medical Definition of Toxigenicity
1. The ability of a pathogenic organism to produce injurious substances that damage the host. This entry appears with permission from the Dictionary of Cell and Molecular Biology (11 Mar 2008)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Toxigenicity
Literary usage of Toxigenicity
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of General Bacteriology by Edwin Oakes Jordan (1921)
"The toxigenicity of B. welchii was long in dispute. Several observers demonstrated
that a true antigenic, thermolabile, albeit a relatively weak, ..."
2. Diarrhea and Malnutrition: Interactions, Mechanisms, and Interventions by Lincoln C. Chen, Nevin S. Scrimshaw (1983)
"... 13 had rotavirus infection diagnosed by the enzyme-linked immunosorbent
assay (ELISA),8 and 10 had E. coli; the colonies were tested for toxigenicity by ..."
3. The Journal of Comparative Pathology and Therapeutics (1888)
"... is the only other method so far reported to have any success, is unlikely to
be of use because the faecal strains particularly are of low toxigenicity. ..."
4. Bacterial Blight of Rice: Proceedings of the International Workshop on by International Rice Research Institute (1989)
"Consequently, the exact role of EPS in recognition between bacteria and plant
cells, specificity in host-parasite interaction, and toxigenicity in plant ..."
5. Children's Environmental Health Research: Indoor Mold and Children's Health edited by Allen Dearry, Gwen Collman (2000)
"... and control homes were shown to be toxigenic, but there was no correlation
between toxigenicity of the isolate and source, ie, case versus control. ..."
6. Bioremediation: The Tokyo '94 Workshop by OECD Staff, Tokyo '94 Workshop (1994), OECD (1995)
"Questions concerning the organism: - taxonomic position; - factors limiting
reproduction, growth and survival; - pathogenicity, toxigenicity, virulence, ..."
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