Pathogenic vs Meningococcus - What's the difference?
pathogenic | meningococcus |
Able to cause (harmful) disease.
A pathogenic bacterium, , that causes cerebrospinal meningitis
As an adjective pathogenic
is able to cause (harmful) disease.As a noun meningococcus is
a pathogenic bacterium, , that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.pathogenic
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- While the environment is teeming with bacteria and fungi, most are not pathogenic .