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Substances

Sustancias

Organisms

Organismos

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Infectious Diseases

Enfermedades infecciosas

Microorganisms, viruses and parasites that can cause disease.

Pathogens

Patógenos 

Toxic substance of fungal origin, e.g. aflatoxin. [AGROVOC]

Mycotoxins

Invertebrate organisms that live on or in another organism (the host), and benefit at the expense of the other. Traditionally excluded from definition of parasites are pathogenic bacteria; fungi; viruses; and plants; though they may live parasitically. [NALT]
An organism that lives at the expense of another (host) during some portion of its life cycle. Usually a parasite does not kill its host. [AGROVOC]

Parasites

Parásitos 

Pythium spp.

Microscopic infectious agent that can multiply only in living cells of animals, plants, or bacteria, consisting of genetic material, either DNA or RNA, housed inside a capsid.

Patógenos

Temas más específicos

Bacteria

Fungal Diseases of Plants

Mycotoxins

Parásitos

Phytophthora

Pythium spp.

Viruses

Patógenos

Temas más específicos

Bacteria

Fungal Diseases of Plants

Mycotoxins

Parásitos

Phytophthora

Pythium spp.

Viruses

Waterborne Pathogens