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What type of organism is a immitis spherule?
Coccidioides immitis -- a fungal pathogen.
What is an example of a disease carrying organism?
A pathogen is a disease carrying organism.
What is pathogenic?
A pathogen is an organism that can cause a disease.
What pathogen causes pneumonia?
Pneumonia can result from a variety of causes, including infection with bacteria, viruses, fungi, or parasites.
What problems does pathogen cause?
By definition, a pathogen is an organism that causes disease. So the "problems" are dependent on the particlar organism.
Can a parasite be a pathogen?
Parasite is an organism, that lives off another organism. Pathogen is something that causes disease in another organism. So the answer is "Yes". eg Malaria is a disease caused by a parasite.
What is he invasion of the body by a disease producing organism?
A disease producing organism is a pathogen. An invasion of the body by a pathogen is an infection. Although an infection is a generalized name for the body's response to any invasion by any pathogen.
Is pneumonia caused by a prokaryotic organism or a eukaryotic organism?
It depends on what is causing the pneumonia. There are bacterial causes of pneumonia such as streptococcus pneumoniae and bacteria are prokaryotic. Viruses can also cause pneumonia and are not really considered prokaryotes or eukaryotes. Fungi are eukaryotes and can also cause pneumonia.
What fungal disease causes pneumonia in people with AIDS?
Pneumocystis jirovecii causes pneumonia in people with AIDS. This pathogen was formerly known as Pneumocystic carinii.
What is the term meaning any organism that causes disease?
A pathogen.
What organism causes sudden oak disease?
oomycete plant pathogen
What chemical is produced by a living organism that kills or inhibits growth?
pathogen
