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Protein

Clumping factor A, or ClfA, is a virulence factor from Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) that binds to fibrinogen.

ClfA also has been shown to bind to complement regulator I protein.

It is responsible for the clumping of blood plasma observed when adding S. aureus to human plasma. Clumping factor can be detected by the slide test.

References

Hair PS; Ward MD; Semmes OJ; Foster TJ; Cunnion KM (July 2008). "Staphylococcus aureus clumping factor A binds to complement regulator factor I and increases factor I cleavage of C3b". The Journal of Infectious Diseases. 198 (1): 125–33. doi:10.1086/588825. PMID 18544012.

Toxins

Clostridium:	tetani Tetanospasmin Tetanolysin perfringens Alpha toxin Enterotoxin difficile A B botulinum Botox
Other:	Anthrax toxin Listeriolysin O

Cocci

Streptolysin Leukocidin Panton–Valentine leukocidin
Staphylococcus	Staphylococcus aureus alpha/beta/delta Exfoliatin Toxic shock syndrome toxin Staphylococcal Enterotoxin B (SEB)

Lipopolysaccharide
- Lipid A
Bacillus thuringiensis delta endotoxin
- Cry1Ac
- Cry3Bb1
Other B. thuringiensis toxins
- Cry6Aa
- Cry34Ab1

Virulence
factor

Mycotoxins

Aflatoxin
Amatoxin (alpha-amanitin, beta-amanitin, gamma-amanitin, epsilon-amanitin)
beta-Nitropropionic acid
Citrinin
Cytochalasin
Ergotamine
Fumonisin (Fumonisin B1, Fumonisin B2, Fumonisin B3, Fumonisin B4)
Gliotoxin
Ibotenic acid
Lolitrem B
Muscimol
Orellanine
Ochratoxin
Patulin
Phalloidin
Sterigmatocystin
Trichothecene
Vomitoxin
Zeranol
Zearalenone

Plant toxins

Invertebrate
toxins

Scorpion:	Androctonus australis hector insect toxin Charybdotoxin Maurotoxin Agitoxin Margatoxin Slotoxin Scyllatoxin Hefutoxin HgeTx1 HsTx1 Kaliotoxin Lq2 Birtoxin Bestoxin BmKAEP Phaiodotoxin Imperatoxin Pi3
Spider:	Latrotoxin Alpha-latrotoxin CSTX Cupiennins PhTx3 Stromatoxin Vanillotoxin Huwentoxin
Mollusca:	Conotoxin Eledoisin Onchidal Saxitoxin Tetrodotoxin

Vertebrate
toxins

Fish:	Ciguatoxin Tetrodotoxin
Amphibian:	(+)-Allopumiliotoxin 267A Batrachotoxin Bufotoxins Arenobufagin Bufotalin Bufotenin Cinobufagin Marinobufagin Epibatidine Histrionicotoxin Pumiliotoxin 251D Samandarin Samandaridine Tarichatoxin Zetekitoxin AB
Reptile/ Snake venom:	Bungarotoxin α-Bungarotoxin β-Bungarotoxin Calciseptine Taicatoxin Calcicludine Cardiotoxin III

note: some toxins are produced by lower species and pass through intermediate species

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