The cholesterol-dependent cytolysins (CDCs) are a large family of pore-forming toxins that are produced by more than 20 species from the genera Clostridium , Streptococcus , Listeria , Bacillus , and Arcanobacterium . The pore-forming mechanism of these toxins exhibits two hallmark characteristics:
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