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Can invasive species be bacteria, viruses or diseases?

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Yes, they can be invasive species
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Pathogens, microbial organisms that cause disease, represent an important category of invasive species. Invasive pathogens are those pathogenic microorganisms such as bacteria, fungi and viruses that disseminate to new habitats and pose the risk of disease to the plants or animals of that ecosystem.

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