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Uncommon card · Science
Pathogen, an Uncommon card
In biology, a pathogen, in the oldest and broadest sense, is any organism, agent or micro-organism that can produce disease.
- Rarity
- Uncommon
- Domain
- Science
- ATK
- 74
- DEF
- 76
- Power
- 150
- Wikipedia reads a year
- 120,000
Power 150 (ATK + DEF): stronger than 75 % of WikiCards cards.
Pathogen quiz: 3 questions
Three questions on the Pathogen card, the way WikiCards duels ask them. Pick an answer, the facts are just below.
Find the missing word
A pathogen may also be referred to as an ______ agent, or simply a germ.
Answer
infectious. A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ. From the Pathogen article on Wikipedia.
In which decade?
The term pathogen came into use in the ____s.
Answer
1880s. The term pathogen came into use in the 1880s. From the Pathogen article on Wikipedia.
In a duel, each round asks a question like these about the opposing card, with 15 seconds to answer.
The facts on the card
The card carries these facts from its Wikipedia article.
- A pathogen may also be referred to as an infectious agent, or simply a germ.
- The term pathogen came into use in the 1880s.
- Typically, the term pathogen is used to describe an infectious microorganism or agent, such as a virus, bacterium, protozoan, prion, viroid, or fungus.
Why it is Uncommon
Rarity in WikiCards follows a year of Wikipedia page views: the most read articles become Epic and Legendary cards. The Pathogen article was read about 120,000 times in a year. ATK comes from the length of the article and DEF from its quality, so this card hits with 74 and blocks with 76: each hit it takes is cut by 30 %.
How to get Pathogen
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Credits
Text : Wikipedia, Pathogen (revision), CC BY-SA 4.0. Photo : explorebiology, CC BY 4.0, Wikimedia Commons.
