(idea) by ModernAngel Thu Feb 10 2000 at 19:40:39

In biology, an agent of disease, such as a virus or bacterium. Not to be confused with toxin; many bacteria (e.g. botulism) harm the host indirectly by producing toxins within the host rather than by directly destroying tissue.

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