Pathogenicity is the ability of a microbe to cause disease and inflict damage upon its host; virulence is the degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of microbes. The pathogenicity of an org...Pathogenicity is the ability of a microbe to cause disease and inflict damage upon its host; virulence is the degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of microbes. The pathogenicity of an organism is determined by its virulence factors. Virulence factors enable that bacterium to colonize the host, resist body defenses, and harm the body. Most of the virulence factors are the products of quorum sensing genes.
Pathogenicity is the ability of a microbe to cause disease and inflict damage upon its host; virulence is the degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of microbes. The pathogenicity of an org...Pathogenicity is the ability of a microbe to cause disease and inflict damage upon its host; virulence is the degree of pathogenicity within a group or species of microbes. The pathogenicity of an organism is determined by its virulence factors. Virulence factors enable that bacterium to colonize the host, resist body defenses, and harm the body. Most of the virulence factors are the products of quorum sensing genes.
