Shiga toxin

English

Alternative forms

• shigatoxin

Etymology

Named for Kiyoshi Shiga, who first described the bacterial origin of dysentery caused by Shigella dysenteriae.

Noun

Shiga toxin (plural Shiga toxins)

1. Any of a family of related toxins with two major groups, Stx1 and Stx2, expressed by genes considered to be part of the genome of lambdoid prophages.