What Are Pathogens? | Health | Biology | FuseSchool
A pathogen is a microorganism that can cause disease. Pathogens may be viruses, bacteria, protists or fungi.
Examples of bacteria infections are cholera, typhoid, food poisoning and gonorrhoea. Examples of viral infections are the flu (influenza), measles, mumps, the common cold and AIDS. Some common fungal skin conditions are athletes foot and ringworm. Malaria is an example of a protist pathogen.
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Plants have developed responses called tropisms. A tropism is a growth in response to a stimulus; so light and water in the plant’s case.
There are different types of tropisms: Positive tropisms are when growth is towards the stimulus - so the plant growing towards the light to maximise the stimul
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Animation & Design: Waldi Apollis
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Script: Lucy Billings
Look at these baby animals. You will have immediately observed how cute and fluffy they are but you will
also have noticed that they are different -
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Enzymes are really important proteins, that speed up the rates of reactions such as in photosynthesis, respiration and protein synthesis.
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