pathogen Definition
patho·gen (pat̸h′ə jən)
pathogen Usage Examples
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.
Browse dictionary entries near pathogen
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