A 7-year-old unvaccinated child from rural Maharashtra presents with a pseudomembrane in the oropharynx, fever, and cervical lymphadenopathy. Culture on Loeffler's serum medium yields gram-positive bacilli. Which of the following is NOT true regarding Corynebacterium diphtheriae?

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