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Q: What is another name for bacteria and viruses that cause disease?
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Bacteria and viruses that cause disease are -?

Viruses and bacteria that cause disease are known as pathogens. Some examples are herpes simplex virus and Mycobacterium tuberculosis.


What is a microorganisms that cause disease?

Microorganisms that cause disease are known as pathogens, such as bacteria, viruses and fungi.


What are the 2 microscopic organisms which cause disease?

viruses and bacteria


Bacteria and viruses cause disease?

yup it can so eat healthy


Are viruses and bacteria pathogens?

They all can be, but not all bacteria ec cause disease and some are symbiotes.


Are bacteria viruses pathogens?

They all can be, but not all bacteria ec cause disease and some are symbiotes.


Do bacteria cause computer viruses?

No. Computer viruses are only called "viruses" by figurative analogy with biological viruses. And biological viruses (such as chickenpox, hepatitis, and the flu) are not the same as disease-causing bacteria (such as strep throat, tuberculosis, and lyme disease).


How do pathogen such as some bacteria and viruses cause disease symptoms?

Inflicted by toxins


Are pathogens bacteria viruses rickettsia?

They all can be, but not all bacteria ec cause disease and some are symbiotes.


What are the smilarities between bacteria and viruses?

bacteria causes viruses 2nd Answer: My apologies, but the first answer is totally untrue. Both bacteria and viruses can cause disease, but bacteria are alive, and viruses are not. They both contain RNA/DNA to assure they are replicated correctly.


What are organisms that always cause disease called?

Organisms which are causing disease are called pathogens. Bacteria viruses


What are the living things which can cause disease?

All things that can cause disease are microscopic: viruses, bacteria, and certain protists like amoebas.