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Endotoxin vs Bioburden - What's the difference?

endotoxin | bioburden |

As nouns the difference between endotoxin and bioburden

is that endotoxin is any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies while bioburden is a measure of an object's contamination with microorganisms.

endotoxin

English

(wikipedia endotoxin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any toxin secreted by a microorganism and released into the surrounding environment only when it dies.

    • Related terms

    * endotoxic * exotoxin

    bioburden

    English

    Noun

    (en noun) (wikipedia bioburden)
  • A measure of an object's contamination with microorganisms.