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Any organism or substance, especially a microorganism, capable of causing disease, such as bacteria, viruses, protozoa or fungi. Microorganisms are not considered to be pathogenic until they have reached a population size that is large enough to cause disease.

It is divided into five major sections covering bacterial pathogens, toxigenic fungi and marine dinoflagellates, protozoa, and viral and virus-like agents.

The pathogens include bacteria which cause dysentery, viruses responsible for polio and hepatitis, and many others.

Wild caught - normal microflora, likely to carry pathogens.

Medical surfaces that detect pathogens.

These are activated in the presence of pathogens and cause cell lysis.

Research My research focus is on capsulated bacterial pathogens that colonize the nasopharynx and even with optimal antibiotic therapy cause mortality.

My current research involves studies into the genetic diversity of the natural populations of human bacterial pathogens.

The danger highlighted by Dr. Kanagawa is that environmental releases of these antimicrobial peptides will lead to the evolution of resistance among microbial pathogens.

Contact with human waste can be harmful, as the waste contains bacteria and pathogens that can lead to disease.

Excessive or inappropriate use may promote growth of resistant pathogens.

In addition, reviews of emerging pathogens are published on the database which is available to subscribers via the internet.

Provided the rendering is carried out in a satisfactory manner at sufficiently high temperature to destroy all pathogens then it becomes less objectionable.

A solution may now lie in the use of fungal pathogens.

Once in your gut they get to work to displace and then devour any opportunistic pathogens.

Strategies to reduce the number of poultry carrying foodborne pathogens could potentially decrease the number of human infections.

In the first part the problems related to the control of soil-borne pathogens are reviewed.

The genome sequences of several oomycete plant pathogens are still in the process of being completed.

Dr. Christophe Lacomme, of SCRI, whose interests include the molecular and cell biology of cereal pathogens.

You will find that most pathogens favor lower acid (higher pH) conditions.

Most pathologists have a grudging respect for the tenacity and success of plant pathogens.

The researchers tested the suggestion that pathogens may be influential by feeding cannibal tiger salamander larvae diseased and non-diseased prey.

No pathogens, including salmonella, have been isolated from any of the food, water, or environmental samples collected at the school.

There is evidence to suggest that minor pathogens increase milk cell counts and can help to protect the udder against mastitis.

Theoretical studies indicate that partially effective vaccines may increase the virulence of pathogens.

Fungal pathogens infect white clover particularly in the colder months of the year.

Repeat episodes of pneumonia were defined by the presence of new pathogens on sputum culture.

They also commonly contain double-stranded RNA of viral origin, which can affect the virulence of fungal pathogens.

These virulent pathogens cause inflammation in the lung in cystic fibrosis, killing many young adults with the disease.

Mrs Maureen Darling of the Scottish Agricultural Science Agency, whose interests include viral pathogens of potato and potato wart disease.

Cats in the secondary stage will often suffer repeated bone marrow infections and weakened immunity that will make them more susceptible to external and internal pathogens.

Activities such as shared grooming or shared utensils like water bowlscan account for the spread of respiratory pathogens.

Water pollution scientists will check the levels of naturally occurring bacteria and other biological elements in water, as well as test for disease-causing pathogens in the water.

An autoclave, a regulated high-temperature steamer that kills blood-borne pathogens and bacterial agents, is used to sterilize the needle bar and reservoirs before each tattoo session.

To ensure that no diseases are harbored in your seeds over the winter, it is best to put your tomato seeds through a fermentation process that will kill any pathogens that might be hiding amongst them.

The fermentation will create a thick scum on top of the liquid, killing any pathogens and separating the seeds from their natural fluids.

Workers who hold jobs where they may come into contact with bodily fluids must complete an approved blood borne pathogens training course every year.

They are also important in defending the body against pathogens.

It usually occurs after the cervix has started to dilate slightly and the mucus plug that keeps the cervix sealed from potential pathogens becomes dislodged.

Pus-A thick, yellowish or greenish fluid composed of the remains of dead white blood cells, pathogens, and decomposed cellular debris.

The skin pathogens streptococcus and staphylococcus are most frequently involved in skin infections from piercing.

Bacterial pneumonia develops after the child inhales or aspirates pathogens.

The lymph nodes contain organisms that destroy bacteria and other disease causing organisms (also called pathogens).

A nurse or phlebotomist usually collects the sample following standard precautions for the prevention of transmission of bloodborne pathogens.

Blood is analyzed to determine the quantity of immunoglobulins in the blood as well as the ability of the immune system to mount an antibody response against common pathogens.

However, the short-lived immunosuppression caused by certain vaccines does not result in an increased risk of infections from other pathogens soon after vaccination.

According to one study, bacteria or other pathogens show up in about 85 percent of animal bites.

Packaged and bottle juice products are pasteurized, meaning they're exposed to a flash of very high heat to kill any pathogens in the product.

Furthermore, the centralization of the food production process increases the likelihood of widespread outbreaks of food-borne pathogens, such as E. coli.

They were beneficial organisms and were allowing pathogens to thrive.

Dr. Mark S Barber, from the University of Southampton, whose interests include the biochemistry of resistance in fungal pathogens.