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A pathogen is a biological agent that causes disease to its host.
Some human pathogens
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis - the causative agent of most cases of tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium leprae - the bacterium that causes leprosy (Hansen's disease)
- Yersinia pestis - pneumonic, septicemic, and the notorious bubonic plagues (aka "Black Death")
- Rickettsia prowazekii - the etiologic agent of typhus fever
- Bartonella spp.
- Spanish influenza virus
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What is an example of chytridiomycota?
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is an example of a chytrid fungus belonging to the phylum Chytridiomycota. It is a pathogen responsible for the disease chytridiomycosis, which affects amphibians worldwide.
What is an avirulent pathogen?
An avirulent pathogen is a pathogen that is unable to cause disease in its host. This may be due to mutations that have reduced its ability to infect or harm the host, making it less pathogenic compared to a virulent pathogen.
What does not contribute to the virulence of a pathogen?
There are infinitely many things that do not contribute to the virulence of a pathogen. Elvis does not contribute to the virulence of a pathogen.
What word is used to describe an infectious agent?
Pathogen
What Microorganisms to which this pathogen belongs?
This pathogen belongs to the Microorganism group of bacteria.
What is an example of a disease carrying organism?
A pathogen is a disease carrying organism.
What is the mean of aggressive pathogen?
A pathogen is something that causes disease, like a bacteria, virus, fungus or prion for example.
What is an example of a pathogen reservoir?
Mosquitoes, shopping carts,
What is the difference between a disease and a pathogen?
Pathogen is the agent or the culprit that causes a disease while the disease is the end result of what a pathogen did. Example: HIV virus is the pathogen while AIDS is the disease state that can result from high HIV viral load.
What is the difference between a pathogen and a disease?
Pathogen is the agent or the culprit that causes a disease while the disease is the end result of what a pathogen did. Example: HIV virus is the pathogen while AIDS is the disease state that can result from high HIV viral load.
What is the pathogen of aspesgillosis?
Fungi from aspergillus genus. Aspergillus niger for example.
In what three main ways do pathogens affect their host?
A pathogen (being something living from the goodness a body example: a tic living from a dog) 3 ways it can effect the host is: * disease of the host as the pathogen carried disease. * malnutrition of the host as the host can become weak due to the pathogen surviving from the hosts body. Example would be iron deficiency in the host, due to the pathogen using the hosts blood to live on * finally death of the host.
Microorganism that causes diseases or infection?
a disease causing microorganism is called a pathogen. origin- pathos=suffering disease (in greek). There are two main types; bacteria and virus. all pathogens are microorganisms but all microorganisms are not pathogens. example- mycobacterium tuberculosis is a pathogen that causes tuberculosis.
What is an example of chytridiomycota?
Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis is an example of a chytrid fungus belonging to the phylum Chytridiomycota. It is a pathogen responsible for the disease chytridiomycosis, which affects amphibians worldwide.
What makes a pathogen a true pathogen?
The dimention
What is pathogen diseases?
pathogen means microorganism, so pathogen diseases means diseases caused by microorganisms
What is an avirulent pathogen?
An avirulent pathogen is a pathogen that is unable to cause disease in its host. This may be due to mutations that have reduced its ability to infect or harm the host, making it less pathogenic compared to a virulent pathogen.
