E If So, What are Toxin Properties?y Questions to ask: What is the mechanism of action? Why is it specific for certain cells or tissues? Does the pathogen make other toxins, and if sO, do they interact with one another? Some make none: pneumococci Some make only one: agents that cause cholera, diphtheria tetanus and botulism Other make many: staphylococci, streptococci BIOL 533 Lecture 9BIOL 533 6 Lecture 9 If So, What are Toxin Properties? • Questions to ask: – What is the mechanism of action? – Why is it specific for certain cells or tissues? – Does the pathogen make other toxins, and if so, do they interact with one another? • Some make none: pneumococci • Some make only one: agents that cause cholera, diphtheria, tetanus, and botulism • Other make many: staphylococci, streptococci