The phrase "a majority of pathogens" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the prevalence or commonality of certain pathogens in a specific context, such as in medical or scientific writing.
Example: "A majority of pathogens responsible for respiratory infections are viral in nature."
Alternatives: "most pathogens" or "the bulk of pathogens".
Resistance to common antibiotic agents has grown among a majority of bacterial pathogens and is widely acknowledged to be an increasing threat to global public health [ 2, 3].
A major concern with the existing 1, 3-PD producers is that a majority of them are opportunistic pathogens, that are less suitable for niche applications in food, cosmetic and biomedical industries.
Efficacious vaccination needs to confer protection against the vast majority of pathogens capable of causing a particular disease.
The EPA's National Water Quality Inventory Report suggests that about 53% of the assessed rivers are impaired, and a majority of them are contaminated by pathogens (U.S. EPA [2012a]).
In agreement with recent studies, S. pneumoniae was the most common bacterial agent associated with coinfections, and a copathogen was found in more than one-half of the cases with the majority of pathogens being viral agents [ 11, 12, 14, 41], usually influenza viruses or rhinovirus.
In 1999, Sadow et al found that the majority of pathogens were gram negative bacteria with high rates of ampicillin resistance [16].
In general, the majority of pathogens listed in the top ten most prevalent in mortality have more than 100 references each, and represents diseases responsible for morbidity in hundreds of millions of people per year.
Although the insect cuticle is the first line of defense against the majority of pathogens in nature, exposure to the cuticle is often not adopted as the primary infection route in the laboratory due to the fact that most human fungal pathogens are not natural pathogens of G. mellonella.
