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Q: What do you call an organisms that live on or in a host and cause harm to the host?
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What do you call a parasite that causes no harm to the host?

commensalism


What are microbiological agents?

Microbiological agents are bacteria, viruses, protozoa and other mostly small organisms which can be seen mostly only in the microscope. They can cause various diseases and disorders in the host's organism, or just use the host's organism without any harm, or even bringing positive effect to the host's metabolism.


Are parasites good?

A parasite lives in a close relationship with another organism, its host, and causes it harm. The parasite is dependent on its host for its life functions. If it did help the host, then it would be a symbiotic relationship which benefits both organisms.


Name one example of a parasite causing harm to it's host?

An example of a parasite would be a tick, the host would be a human. A tick could give the human lyme disease, which would cause harm to the human.


What is the relationship in which bacteria harm its host?

The answer is parasitism, because parasites harm their host.


What aspect of viruses cause disease in humans and other organisms?

destruction of a host cell


What is an infectious disease caused by?

Infectious diseases are caused by micro-organisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses that have the ability to reproduce and spread to other parts of the body or to other hosts (people) and cause harm to the host by preventing parts of the body from performing necessary functions.


What is the relationship called in which bacteria harm a host?

Antibiotic (from antibiosis) is one word used to describe a relationship between organisms that is detrimental to one of them. There might be others. Ray


What is non-pathogenic bacteria?

Any bacteria that does not cause harm to the subject.


What organism lives on other organisms and causes harm?

Symbiosis is the close relationships of two organisms of different species such as this; this is an example of a parasitic relationship. As such, these organisms are known in general terms as parasites.


How are viruses similar to parasites?

Viruses are similar to parasites because both require a host to survive and both destroy the cells in which they multiply (cause harm to the host).


What is the difference between parasitism and symbiosis?

I am no expert here, but . . . Typically parasites, benefit at the expense of the host. That is the parasite causes harm to the host. Whereas, in a symbiotic relationship both organisms benefit, or at least one benefits and the other isn't harmed.