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Inactivation of elongation factor is characteristic of elongation factor-2 toxin, an exotoxin associated with both Corynebacterium diphtheriae and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. C. diphtheriae causes diphtheria, which manifests as pharyngitis with pseudomembranes in the throat with severe lymphadenopathy, and Pseudomonasspecies typically cause infections in hospitalized or immunocompromised patients.