Pathotoxin

…Among the metabolic products secreted by plant pathogens, substances other than enzymes that have a harmful effect on plants at low concentrations are called toxins. Of these, those that act specifically on the host plant are called pathogenic toxins, and those that act on plants other than the host are called phytotoxins. Pathogenic toxins are also called host-specific toxins, and the plants on which they act are limited to the host of the pathogen. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "pathotoxin" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

…植物の病原体が分泌する代謝産物のうち，低濃度で植物に有害な作用を示す物質で酵素以外のものを毒素といい，このうち宿主植物に対してのみ特異的に作用するものを病原毒素pathotoxin，宿主以外の植物にも作用するものを植物毒素という。病原毒素は寄主特異的毒素ともいい，毒素が作用する植物は病原体の宿主に限られている。…

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