Example Sentences

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The sudden appearance on multiple continents of treatment-resistant human infections of Candida auris, a fungus that was previously nonpathogenic to humans, has been associated with increasing global temperatures.

From Salon • Aug. 9, 2022

Genes for antibiotic resistance are transferred from the nonpathogenic bacterium to a pathogenic bacterium via transformation.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

The microbes in Russian children were dominated by a nonpathogenic form of Escherichia coli.

From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2021

There are strains of Treponema that cause disease, such as syphilis, but the strains found in the traditional people are more closely related to nonpathogenic strains in other mammals, such as pigs.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 25, 2015

Moore and Smith have found in the mouths and nasal cavities of healthy animals, including cattle, bacteria belonging to this group; but these organisms proved to be nonpathogenic.

From Special Report on Diseases of Cattle by United States. Bureau of Animal Industry