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Some of the more well known types of biotoxins include:

  • Dinotoxins, produced by dinoflagellates
  • Necrotoxins cause necrosis (i.e., death) in the cells they encounter.[8] Necrotoxins spread through the bloodstream.[citation needed] In humans, skin and muscle tissues are most sensitive to necrotoxins.[citation needed] Organisms that possess necrotoxins include:
    • The brown recluse or "fiddle back" spider
    • Most rattlesnakes and vipers produce phospholipase and various trypsin-like serine proteases
    • Puff adder
    • Necrotizing fasciitis (caused by the "flesh eating" bacterium Streptococcus pyogenes) – produces a pore forming toxin