nonpathogenic
- a word derived from pathogenic.
Example Sentences
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The third involved work with H7N9 avian influenza, but the investigator later agreed to use a nonpathogenic flu strain.
From Science Magazine • Oct. 18, 2022
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
The microbes in Russian children were dominated by a nonpathogenic form of Escherichia coli.
From Scientific American • Sep. 14, 2021
Although free-living, nonpathogenic bacteria from the same family as leptospira survive in Cape Cod and likely can outlast a New England winter, it’s not the ideal condition for the deadly forms of lepto.
From Slate • Nov. 20, 2012
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
