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The harmful disease causing microorganisms are also known as ....................

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Pathogens.
A pathogen is defined as an organism causing the disease to its host, with the severity of the disease symptoms referred to as virulence. Pathogens are taxonomically widely diverse and comprise viruses and bacteria as well as unicellular and multicellular eukaryotes.

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