Sentence examples for biological pathogens from inspiring English sources

Equipment that routinely monitors the air at the Naval Automated Processing Facility in the District of Columbia indicated Wednesday the presence of "small amounts of biological pathogens, possibly anthrax," said Rachael Sunbarger, a Homeland Security spokeswoman.

WASHINGTON — Until the anthrax attacks of 2001, Bruce E. Ivins was one of just a few dozen American bioterrorism researchers working with the most lethal biological pathogens, almost all at high-security military laboratories.

In a report to be released this week, the Congressionally mandated panel found that with countries like Iran and North Korea pursuing nuclear weapons programs, and with the risk of poorly secured biological pathogens growing, unconventional threats are fast outpacing the defenses arrayed to confront them.

The surface water contamination is observed mainly due to the presence of physical substances and biological pathogens that make water unfit for human consumption (Sunday 2003).

The reservoir water was found comparatively less polluted and was primarily affected by bacteriological contaminations due to inflow of biological pathogens derived from their catchment areas.

Currently hot topics include the development of sensing devices for the detection of harmful chemical agents, biological pathogens, and radiological devices.

Both incidents, he explains, involved the transmission and replication of information -- a biological pathogen in one case, ideas coded in patterned ink in another.

A crude nuclear device or efficiently spread biological pathogen could kill tens of thousands.

Analysis of the output from FFITP separations of samples containing the bacterium Erwinia herbicola, a biological pathogen, by cell culturing and counting showed that fractionation of the output was achieved.

Water-related infrastructure, including distribution systems (e.g., reservoirs, wells, treatment systems, pipelines) and drainage facilities (e.g., bridges, dams, channels, culverts, levees, storm sewers) is designed to provide a sufficient supply of healthy water and to remove physical, chemical, and biological (pathogen) contaminants.

A comprehensive literature review revealed consensus recommendations for other biological threat pathogens that served as a template for recommendations made during the workshop.