Preposition: of

• cereal: Dr. Duncan R Simpson, a molecular biologist at the John Innes Center, Norwich, working on fungal pathogens of cereals.

Converse of object

• invade: APR is a sequence of physiological changes that swing into action upon the detection of invading pathogens.

• isolate: How do I isolate the specific pathogen from an infected fruit in the field to test in the lab?

• transmit: He gave examples of integrated management strategies designed for viral pathogens transmitted in different ways.

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

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

Adjective modifier

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

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

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

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

• food-borne: He also works on the cell biology of the invasive Salmonella food-borne pathogen, supported by a Wellcome Trust Program grant.

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

Modifies a noun

• virulence: Combining all four different strategies lead to higher pathogen virulence despite the beneficial effect of anti-infection vaccines.

• genome: The results of the Human Genome Project and human pathogen genome projects provide many new potential drug targets.

Noun used with modifier

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

• mastitis: In general, mastitis pathogens belong to one of two categories: contagious or environmental.

• blight: Sporangia Sporangia are the airborne spores of the blight pathogen and are responsible for the rapid spread of the disease in crops.

• plant: The first session dealt with general aspects of plant pathogen diagnosis.

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

• blast: Detailed description of infection process exhibited by the rice blast pathogen.