Definition of Toxigenicity

1. [n -TIES]

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

toxicoproteomics
toxicoses
toxicosis
toxicovigilance
toxics
toxidrome
toxidromes
toxifera
toxiferine
toxiferines
toxiferous
toxification
toxifications
toxigenic
toxigenicities
toxigenicity (current term)
toxilic acid
toxilogy
toxin
toxin antitoxin
toxin spectrum
toxine
toxines
toxinic
toxinlike
toxinogenic
toxinogenicity
toxinology
toxinoses
toxinosis

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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