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Exotoxin vs Leukocidin - What's the difference?

exotoxin | leukocidin | Hypernyms |

Leukocidin is a hypernym of exotoxin.



As nouns the difference between exotoxin and leukocidin

is that exotoxin is any toxin secreted by a microorganism into the surrounding environment while leukocidin is a type of cytotoxin created by some types of bacteria.

exotoxin

English

(wikipedia exotoxin)

Noun

(en noun)
  • Any toxin secreted by a microorganism into the surrounding environment.

    • Related terms

    * endotoxin * exotoxic

    leukocidin

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A type of cytotoxin created by some types of bacteria.

    • Hypernyms

    *cytotoxin *exotoxin