TABLE 3.
Examples of genes and other factors conveyed by prokaryote viruses which enhance the virulence, pathogenicity and functional capacity of the infected host.
| Toxins and factors encoded by prokaryote virus genes | Example publication |
| Shiga toxin | Smith and Huggins, 1983 |
| Botulinum neurotoxin | Eklund et al., 1971 |
| Diphtheria toxin | Freeman, 1951 |
| Cholera toxin | Abel et al., 2015 |
| Enterohemolysin | Beutin et al., 1993 |
| Cytotoxin | Nakayama et al., 1999 |
| Superantigens | Beres et al., 2002 |
| Leukocidin | Kaneko et al., 1998 |
| Enterotoxin | Betley and Mekalanos, 1985 |
| Scarlet fever toxin | Smoot et al., 2002 |
| Exfoliative toxin | Yamaguchi et al., 2000 |
| Macro-organism invasion | Hynes and Ferretti, 1989 |
| Serum resistance | Barondess and Beckwith, 1990 |
| Phospholipases | Beres et al., 2002 |
| Bacterial adhesion factors | Karaolis et al., 1999 |
| Intracellular survival | Coleman et al., 1989 |
| Antivirulence factors | Ho and Slauch, 2001 |
| Modification of host-cell surface antigens | Wright, 1971 |
| Type III effector proteins | Mirold et al., 1999 |
| Photosynthesis apparatus | Mann et al., 2003 |
| Defense against phage superinfection | Poullain et al., 2008 |
| Antibiotic resistance genes | Balcazar, 2014 |