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What is the strongest poison?
Botulinum Toxin, is the most acutely toxic substance known. A mere 90-270 nanograms of botulinum toxin could be enough to kill an average 90 kg (200 lb) person. Botulinum toxin (abbreviated either as BTX or BoNT) is a protein and produced by Clostridium botulinum, a gram-positive anaerobic bacterium. The clinical syndrome of botulism can occur following ingestion of contaminated food, from colonization of the infant gastrointestinal tract, or from a wound infection. BoNT is broken into 7 neurotoxins (labeled as types A, B, C [C1, C2], D, E, F, and G), which are antigenically and serologically distinct but structurally similar. Human botulism is caused mainly by types A, B, E, and (rarely) F. Types C and D cause toxicity only in animals.
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