In the case of toxico-infection, toxins are produced in unfavourable conditions, i.e., under oxygen deficiency and a low ORP.Despite this fact, the cell “undertakes” to expend a significant amount of energy on toxin production. Different studies revealed that toxins comprise 6e39% of the proteins secreted during the growthof B. cereus under unfavourable conditions [74,75]. This may also mean that the toxins perform more than just one single function for the microorganisms. Apart from being a virulence factor, the cell mayuse them as suppressing orkilling factors within
the competition of the microbial community