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While not all bacteria are harmful, some cause disease. The technical term for these is ''pathogenic'' bacteria (''pathogenic'' being nothing more than a combination of the Greek roots for "disease" and "causing").
While not all bacteria are harmful, some cause disease. The technical term for these is ''pathogenic'' bacteria (''pathogenic'' being nothing more than a combination of the Greek roots for "disease" and "causing").
Examples of bacterial disease include diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, Haemophilus influenza and pneumococcus (pneumonia).
Examples of bacterial disease include diphtheria, pertussis, tetanus, ''Haemophilus influenza'' and pneumococcus (pneumonia).
==See also==
==See also==