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Tyres q pathogens


1- Bacteria

• How they awe classified :




1. Basic shares -
rod , spherical , spiralled shaped .




2. By cell walls -
Gram positive bacteria (purple / blue ) or Gram
negative bacteria (med)
-
tyres or cell walls auect how bacteria react to diueeeetauboiats




2. viruses

↳ non -



living agents which are ultimate parasites .




genetic material q virus takes
• viruses invade living cues
,
over
biochemistry q
on
prodding mane copies

↳ reprove rapidly material
genetic

Bacteriophages
-
viruses that attack bacteria
coat
Protein

off

3. protoctista

↳ eukaryotic organisms .





parasitic pathogens -
use animals as host
organism

requires it
vector
organism carrying pathogen and
transferring
.
-





4 .

Fungi

↳ Eukaryotic , multicellular , saprophytes ( reed or dead matter
)
• Some parasitic , peeling on plants and animals


↳ Stop plants photo syuthesivg , killing them .




contain spores which spuead urge distances , infecting may organisms
.






pathogens -
modes y actions


1. viruses - take over on metabolism by injecting viral DNA into host DNA
'


virus replicate
- and burst out q cell iuyectiug other cells .




2. fungi -


Digest hiring cells and
destroy them .




- some procure toxins damaging cells




3. protist take over cells and bureau oven as new
generation / owned
.
-




-
digest and use cen contents as
they neproclue
.




4 . Bacteria -

produce toxins that damage host cells

- break down cell membranes , inactivate enzymes , inleyeue with DNA (stopping replication)

, Animal and Plant Diseases



plant diseases




1 .


Ring Rot -
bacterial disease cy potatoes and tomatoes
by damaging blues



gram positive bacterium


→ once infects yield , west wait 2
years
.




TMV stunting
2. virus damaging levees growth and crop loss
-



,


↳ anects photosynthesis .




3- potato blight fungus line protist oomycete P infestans
- -
.




most cells : tubers Nuits
↳ hyphae penetrates destroying bees , ,


↳ no cue out ccuyul Margaret and chemical treatments weave infection risk .




4
.
Black Sigatoka -
fungus disease in bananas


↳ hyphae digests cells turning blues black -

tacky photosynthesis
disease
Resistant strains developed and fungicide control spuead.gr
.



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