pathogenic bacteria

collocation in English

meaningsofpathogenicandbacteria

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pathogenic
adjective
uk
/ˌpæθ.əˈdʒen.ɪk/us
/ˌpæθ.əˈdʒen.ɪk/
able to ...
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bacteria
noun
uk
/bækˈtɪə.ri.ə/us
/bækˈtɪr.i.ə/
plural ...
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(Definition ofpathogenicandbacteriafrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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A diagnosis of bacterial related exacerbation was established for all samples growing one or morepathogenicbacteria.
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Pathogenicbacteriahave evolved various strategies to overcome recognition and develop resistance against the host.
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It is conceivable that invadingpathogenicbacteriamay exacerbate human nematode infections, or that the presence of intestinal parasites may promote bacterial infections by lowering host resistance.
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For samples obtained using a protected specimen brush, isolates were considered significant when they gave counts of o1000 c. f. u./ml of one or morepathogenicbacteria.
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Patients and medical and dental staff are all at risk of being exposed topathogenicbacteria, viruses and fungi as a consequence of dental and medical treatment.
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Stool samples of these patients were negative with respect to other parasites orpathogenicbacteria.
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Infection can also be picked up by eating shellfish which have filteredpathogenicbacteriaand viruses out of sewage contaminated waters.
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This fear has a rational basis, because raw sewage containspathogenicbacteria.
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In addition, the whole process of linking different pieces of meat greatly increases the surface that can be infected bypathogenicbacteria.
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Transmission ofpathogenicbacteriaconstitutes a particular threat to farmers and farm workers, who are in a daily contact with animals.
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Mostpathogenicbacteriacan be viewed as heterotrophic parasites of humans or the other eukaryotic species they affect.
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Eucalyptus oil has antibacterial effects onpathogenicbacteriain the respiratory tract.
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It is used to quantify the ability ofpathogenicbacteriato invade eukaryotic cells.
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Further analysis showed the absence ofpathogenicbacteria.
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Many healthy breastfeeding women wishing to donate breast milk have potentiallypathogenicbacteriain their milk but have no symptoms of mastitis.
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Toxin-antitoxin genes are often transferred through horizontal gene transfer and are associated withpathogenicbacteria, having been found on plasmids conferring antibiotic resistance and virulence.
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One reason for such a discrepancy is that normal, healthy lungs have bacteria, and sputum cultures collect both normal andpathogenicbacteria.
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