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Editorial
. 2018 Jan 18;10(1):44.
doi: 10.3390/toxins10010044.

"Bacterial Toxins" Section in the Journal Toxins: A Fantastic Multidisciplinary Interplay between Bacterial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Physiological Processes, Genomic Evolution, and Subsequent Development of Identification Methods, Efficient Treatment, and Prevention of Toxigenic Bacteria

Michel R Popoff  1
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Editorial

"Bacterial Toxins" Section in the Journal Toxins: A Fantastic Multidisciplinary Interplay between Bacterial Pathogenicity Mechanisms, Physiological Processes, Genomic Evolution, and Subsequent Development of Identification Methods, Efficient Treatment, and Prevention of Toxigenic Bacteria

Michel R Popoff. Toxins (Basel). .

Abstract

Toxins are powerful pathogenicity factors produced by certain bacteria, fungi, animals, and plants which mediate drastic interactions of these pathogens on the organism host[...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The author declares no conflict of interest.

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