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Noun: Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin
  1. A bacterial toxin produced by clostridium perfringens; causes intense abdominal cramps and diarrhoea that begins 8-22 hours after consumption of foods containing large numbers of these bacteria
    "The food poisoning outbreak was traced to Clostridium perfringens epsilon toxin contamination";
    - epsilon toxin

Type of: bacterial toxin