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Which of the following does NOT apply to endotoxins? 1) when gram-negative bacteria are killed endotoxins are released 2) endotoxins are part of the bacterial cell envelope 3) endotoxins are lipid portions of bacterial lipopolysaccharides 4) endotoxins result in fever 5) cholera toxin and tetanus toxin are examples of endotoxins

Solution

Answer: 5:

Cholera toxin and tetanus toxin are examples of Exotoxins and not endotoxins.

Exotoxins are toxins which are released by living bacterial cell into the surroundings.