pathogenic germ

The story ends, as does the novel, with the Martians falling victim to earthly pathogenic germs, to which they have no immunity.

Researchers reported, in 2011, on a technique to permanently block the development of pathogenic germs, which can cause odor in socks and other clothing.

I voted for this report as biocides used to combat harmful organisms and pathogenic germs need to be safer, which means environmentally as well.

As a matter of fact, non-packaged confectionery has in the past been found to be exposed in vending machines both to pathogenic germs and to moisture and insects.

Dr. Gross is shown in a traditional frock coat stiff with the blood of operations past and redolent of his vast surgical experience, not to mention a veritable culture plate for all kinds of pathogenic germs.

No doubt many, probably a majority, of the cases of non-gonococcal urethritis are due to infectious organisms, but there remains a hard core of cases from which no pathogenic germs can be isolated and for which it is just conceivable that antibiotic treatment may not be the best therapy.

They point out that the basal body of the flagella has been found to be similar to the Type III secretion system (TTSS), a needle-like structure that pathogenic germs such as Salmonella and Yersinia pestis use to inject toxins into living eucaryote cells.