Symbiosis: Pathogens

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Opportunistic pathogens

  • member of normal microbiota that causes disease due to change in circumstances

    • colonizing an unusual space

    • host immune suppression

    • changes in normal microbiota

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general disease cycle

  1. reservoir

  2. adherence

  3. colonization

  4. growth

  5. toxicity

  6. death

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Virulence

  • makes pathogens infectious

  • inside the host

  • degree of pathogenicity

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Virulence factors

  • bacterial products that contribute to pathogenicity