How to Use pathogen in a Sentence

pathogen

noun

• If that is the case, pathogens could be present in the urine.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 10 May 2024
• What type of work could be done with a pathogen in the first place?
  — Mark Kortepeter, Forbes, 2 June 2021
• But what about pathogens that have been trapped for millions of years?
  — Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
• And some of it — perhaps — was from pathogens that helped kill these men.
  — Ari Daniel, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
• By that point, the race was on to identify this new pathogen.
  — Rasha Aridi, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Oct. 2020
• Among them will be pathogens worse than the coronavirus.
  — Vann R. Newkirk Ii, The Atlantic, 9 Feb. 2026
• Macrophages are the heavy lifters that engulf debris and pathogens.
  — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 25 May 2026
• Potting mix is sterile and free from weeds, pests, and pathogens.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 19 Apr. 2026
• That said, even water that looks clean and clear can contain pathogens.
  — Julia Ries, Health, 17 June 2025
• My guess is that the water, while abundant, is filled with pathogens.
  — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 13 June 2025
• Washing, even with bleach, does not kill all of these harmful pathogens.
  — Amy Brownstein, Verywell Health, 29 May 2026
• Maybe a vaccine or a drug could change the rules that govern the pathogen or the hosts.
  — Adam Rogers, Wired, 7 Oct. 2020
• And when the next novel pathogen emerges — not if, when — doctors will be at a loss.
  — Robert B. Shpiner, STAT, 13 Feb. 2026
• Plus, the length of time it’s stored can create a haven for algae or pathogens to grow.
  — Lauren David, Southern Living, 9 Apr. 2026
• Flower blight or petal blight is also caused by a fungal pathogen.
  — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 1 Oct. 2025
• The term refers to techniques used to enhance aspects of a pathogen.
  — Washington Post, 26 Aug. 2021
• Jamestown Canyon virus may not be an emerging pathogen in the usual sense.
  — John Drake, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
• If the canker pathogen is a fungus, prune off the cankers in early summer.
  — oregonlive, 23 Jan. 2022
• Not all cases of spinal meningitis come from a pathogen, though.
  — Sarah Lemire, Health.com, 2 Feb. 2022
• Root rots are caused by both fungi and related pathogens that thrive in wet soil.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
• Root rot is caused by aggressive pathogens that thrive in soggy, wet soil.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 May 2026
• Aphids also can be vectors, or transfer, pathogens to some plants.
  — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
• But can coups, like the pathogens of many epidemics, be contagious?
  — Jonathan Powell, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025
• Some of the most destructive plant pathogens in the world infect their hosts in this way.
  — Lily Peck, The Conversation, 17 Feb. 2026
• Fruit left on the ground creates a mess and harbors pests and pathogens over winter.
  — Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Sep. 2025
• That’s because it isn’t caused by a pathogen that spreads from person to person.
  — Kathryn Watson, SELF, 14 Apr. 2022
• During this time, more frogs are infected with the pathogen.
  — Ana V. Longo, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
• Pre-cut produce also spoils quicker and could pick up pathogens when sliced open.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 May 2026
• Pre-cut produce also spoils quicker and could pick up pathogens when sliced open.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 27 Dec. 2025
• Pre-cut produce also spoils quicker and could pick up pathogens when sliced open.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 23 Sep. 2025