pathogenic

[ UK /pˌæθə‍ʊd‍ʒˈɛnɪk/ ]
[ US /ˌpæθəˈdʒɛnɪk/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. able to cause disease
    pathogenic bacteria
    infective agents
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How To Use pathogenic In A Sentence

  • This paper summarized Ectropis obliqua Prout s biological control researches from the point of mass rearing, pathogenic natural enemy, predator, parasitoid and pheromone.
  • Numerous virulence genes in pathogenic bacteria and viruses have been shown to be under positive selection.
  • For example, if an infectious disease is associated with high levels of a factor X in the blood, it is often difficult to know whether this is of pathogenic importance or simply an epiphenomenon of the disease process.
  • A conflict or a frustration is not necessarily pathogenic.
  • Yes, not actually eating, but the alpha-streptococci emits a type of bactericide which kills the pathogenic bacteria.
  • Virulence The relative pathogenicity of an organism; its ability to cause disease.
  • If confirmed, these results could constitute a mechanism to control viral entry and cytopathogenic effects. PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles
  • Even with soap "made for sheath washing," the death of the normal "microflora" will allow the resurgence of inappropriate and pathogenic bacteria (capable of causing disease). TheHorse.com News
  • Knight had already indicated a correlation of the need of micro-organisms for "growth-factors" with failure of synthesis, and correlated this failure with evolution, particularly in relation to the complex environment of "fastidious" pathogenic micro-organisms. Edward Tatum - Nobel Lecture
  • Morelon said that it had to move away from using raw milk in its cheeses due to what he called a slight, but nonetheless real, danger of pathogenic micro organisms in the cheese that had been linked to an alleged 2005 contamination of E coli 026. AP-FoodTechnology RSS
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