pathogens

• disease is a condition that impairs the normal functioning of an organism. both plants and animals can get diseases
• a pathogen is an animal that causes disease. types of pathogen include bacteria, viruses, fungi, and Protoctista
• a communicable disease is a disease that can spread between organisms
• tuberculosis is a disease called by bacterium

  A) animals typically human and cattle

  B) humans

  C) potatoes, tomatoes
• bacterial meningitis is caused by bacterium
• ring rot is caused by bacterium
• virus is responsible for hiv, influenza, and TMV
• Fungus is responsible for black sigatoka, ringworm, and atheletes foot
• protoctist is responsible for potato/ tomato late blight and malaria