Definition of "botulinus toxin" []

• Potent bacterial toxin produced by the bacterium Clostridium botulinum that causes botulism; can be used as a bioweapon (noun)

WordNet. Princeton University. 2010.

• "I have in my possession eight ampoules of botulinus toxin which I took from the Mordon Research Establishment, near Alfringham, Wiltshire, twenty-four hours ago."
• "This insistence on knocking down Mordon, this demonstration of the botulinus toxin in East Anglia, this pretence that you were unaware that three of the vials you had stolen were of the Satan Bug strain, this apparent ignorance of the effects of the Satan Bug — you had us all convinced that we were dealing with a madman."
• "The botulinus toxin oxidises after twelve hours exposure to the atmosphere and becomes harmless."