Talk:Endotoxin

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From the article: "AND SHOULD NOT BE CONFUSED WITH THAT OF THOSE FOUND IN THE CELL WALL OF GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIA"

G- bacteria don't have cell walls. Or am I missing something?

You are missing something. Gram negative bacteria DO have cell walls, these cell walls are just different than those of gram positive organisms. Tuckerekcut (talk) 15:56, 8 December 2007 (UTC)

The article said that small amounts of LPS could cause "illness but not disease" in humans. I've changed this so it just says it can cause illness. If you want to change it back you may want to be a little more specific as to what exactly you mean, as most of us use the words "illness" and "disease" interchangeably. Incidently, I noticed what appears to be a much more glaring contradiction earlier in the article. First, the claim is made the a species of Bacillus (a staunchly gram positive genus) makes a kind of endotoxin. Immediately afterwards comes the statement that the only gram positive organism with endotoxin is Listeria monocytogenes! I wasn't quite sure what to make of this so I left in alone. Dre William (talk) 01:05, 21 April 2008 (UTC)