Murine toxin is a ________ that plays a role in both the murine and human forms of the disease.

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Murine toxin is an exotoxin produced by Yersinia pestis bacteria, the causative agent of plague. It plays a role in both the bubonic and the pneumonic forms of the disease, which can affect humans and rodents (murine means related to rodents). Rickettsia prowazekii, on the other hand, is the causative agent of epidemic typhus, and it produces a different type of exotoxin called a phospholipase. Both Yersinia pestis and Rickettsia prowazekii are bacteria that can cause severe and potentially deadly zoonotic diseases.

Murine Toxin Is a ________ That Plays a Role in Both