Labelling a microorganism ‘pathogenic' means that it is:
a. able to live in the tissues of the human body.
b. able to reproduce when there is a disturbance tothe body's functional ability
c. able to live in an oxygen-deficient environment.
d. capable of causing disease.
d
Only a small portion of the microorganisms in nature
are pathogenic, meaning they have the ability to cause disease.
Non-pathogenic organisms may become pathogenic if they
are moved into a different environment (e.g. Staphylococcus
aureus in a wound).
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