Question

if a certain strain of bacteria was called highly virulent what does this mean

Answer 1

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In the context of gene for gene systems, often in plants, virulence refers to a pathogen's ability to infect a resistant host. ... Virulent can describe either disease severity or a pathogen's infectivity. The word virulent derives from the Latin word virulentus, meaning "a poisoned wound" or "full of poison.

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Answer 2

virulent = pathogenecity measure, the more virulent a bacteria is, the more severe will be it’s manifestation