pathogenic

Preposition: on

• barley: There was little sequence variation within the ITS1 region ( Table 2 for the Pyrenophora spp. pathogenic on barley.

Modifies a noun

• microorganism: Explain diagnosis of main types of animal pathogenic microorganisms.
• micro-organism: Needs to be kept hot in order to control the growth of pathogenic micro-organisms or the formation of toxins.
• influenza: There was no legal basis for dealing with low pathogenic avian influenza at present.
• bacterium: Much previous experience has revealed which key features of pathogenic bacteria are easiest to look for!
• fungus: His main research interest during that period was the molecular genetics of pathogenic fungi.
• microbe: One of the major medical problems facing mankind is the resistance of many pathogenic microbes to existing antibiotics.

Modifying Another Word

• highly: Highly pathogenic strains can cause 90 to 100 percent deaths in poultry.
• potentially: Members generally agreed with the opinions expressed and confirmed its view that all strains of L. monocytogenes should be treated as potentially pathogenic.
• not: But as it is not pathogenic it does not pose any problems.
• low: Most of the avian influenza virus isolates are low pathogenic.
• only: The H5N1 strain of avian influenza is not only pathogenic to birds, but has also infected humans.

Used with adjective complement

• become: So how do low pathogenic viruses become highly pathogenic?

Preposition: in

• chicken: All are highly pathogenic in chickens, most causing 100 percent mortality, although the earliest isolates were less lethal.
• human: Animal models are often inadequate, as viruses that are pathogenic in humans often behave differently in animals.

Preposition: for

• human: Each member of the TB complex is pathogenic, but M. tuberculosis is pathogenic for humans while M. bovis is usually pathogenic for animals.