Examples
- Bacillus anthracis — the causative agent of anthrax in humans and animals.
- Clostridium botulinum — releases the most powerful neurotoxin leading to death from botulism.
- Mycobacterium tuberculosis — the causative agent of most cases of tuberculosis
- Mycobacterium leprae — the bacterium that causes leprosy (Hansen's disease)
- Yersinia pestis — pneumonic, septicemic, and the notorious bubonic plagues (aka "Black Death")
- Rickettsia prowazekii — the etiologic agent of typhus fever
- Bartonella spp.
- Spanish influenza virus
Read more about this topic: Human Pathogen
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