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: pathogenetic 1
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: causing or capable of causing disease
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Modern standards of dairy plant design require storage tanks to be physically separated to minimize the risk of pathogenic bacteria from raw milk cross-contaminating finished dairy products and causing consumer illness and potential product recalls.
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As the illness progresses, gut tissue becomes increasingly inflamed and often starts to die, which can, in turn, rupture the intestine and flood the abdominal cavity with pathogenic microbes that proliferate to dangerous levels.
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Although no one realized it at the time, the beer-making process cleansed the otherwise fetid water, killing myriad pathogenic microorganisms, and even provided nourishment.
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The team was simply looking for evidence that Staph epidermidis can kill off pathogenic bacteria, like group A strep.
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In spite of modern medical and public health advances, the world remains woefully unprepared to fend off a perfect, pathogenic storm.
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Your phone is already dirty enough without your (potentially pathogenic) poop particles all over it.
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The pathogenic bacteria cause the infection listeriosis, primarily in older adults, people with weakened immune system and pregnant women and their newborns.
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Highly pathogenic avian influenza: Asia, Jan. 24, 2004, to Jan. 7, 2009.
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