Microbiology: A Systems Approach
Microbiology: A Systems Approach
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ISBN: 9781259706615
Author: Marjorie Kelly Cowan Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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There are several diseases that occur in human and animal body due to exposure of some harmful pathogens or microorganism. Pathogen includes infectious agents or biological agents that causes diseases or sickness in the host body where these agents live and grow. Pathogen will alter the normal activity of the host cell. They are also called as disease causing microorganisms. Most of the diseases are caused by bacteria and viruses.

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