Statistics for Bacteria 5 (toxins)

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
What type of toxin are both tetanus and botulinum toxin?	Neurotoxin	100%
What bacteria producing superantigens leads to toxic shock syndrome?	Staph. aureus	100%
What type of paralysis does botulinum toxin lead to?	Flaccid	67%
What component of LPS also known as endotoxin triggers acute inflammation?	Lipid A	67%
Pertussis toxin and which other ADP-ribosylate regulators of adenylate cyclase, leading to disturbance of CAMP levels,signalling and ion balance?	Cholera	33%
What antibiotic resistant bacteria's toxin glucosylate small GTPases involved in signal transduction, disrupting actin cytoskeleton?	Clostridium difficile	33%
What deamidase that targets host cell GTPases, disrupting cell signal transduction is produced by UPEC?	Cytotoxic Necrotizing Factor	33%
Which toxin targets translation elongation factor 2, leading to arrest of protein synthesis?	Diptheria	33%
What toxin is a glycosidase that depurinates 28S rRNA, blocking protein synthesis?	Shiga	33%
What does the A-chain of tetanus cleave leading to the prevention of release of inhibitory neurotransmitter?	Synaptobrevin	33%
What is the end result of over stimulation of T cells due to super antigens?	Cytokine storm	0%