Pathogenic bacterium

Synonyms for "pathogenic bacterium" (16 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)
conditional pathogenicdisease agentdisease causingdisease mechanism oriented

Strong matches (4)

Adjective(4 words)
disease-causing microbegermharmfulhost specific

Related words (8)

Adjective(8 words)
illness producingpathogenpathogenesis relatedpathogenic bacilluspathology orientedtoxigenic bacteriumvirulentvirulent microbe

Related word relations

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5 relation types

More general

9 entries
bacteriumbiomedical mechanismcontext dependent propertydisease causingdisease processharmfulhost specificitymicrobeorganism

More specific

17 entries
Bacillus anthracisEscherichia coliMycobacterium tuberculosisNeisseria meningitidisPseudomonas aeruginosaStaphylococcus aureusStreptococcus pneumoniaeStreptococcus pyogenesVibrio choleraecell invasiondisease causing agenthost specific straininfectious agenttemperature dependent pathogenicitytoxin mediated damagevirulence factor

Showing 16 of 17 words.

Collocations

11 entries
highly pathogenicpathogenic agentpathogenic bacteriapathogenic bacterium culturepathogenic bacterium genomepathogenic bacterium isolatepathogenic bacterium samplepathogenic bacterium strainpathogenic potentialpathogenic strainpathogenicity test

Inflections

3 entries
more pathogenicmost pathogenicpathogenic bacteria

Derivations

4 entries