A variety of an organism, especially a microorganism, which causes disease in a particular host or range of hosts; a pathogenically distinct variety of a microorganism.
Origin
1960s. From patho- + -type, after genotype, phenotype.
Definition of pathotype in US English:
pathotype
nounˈpaθətʌɪp
A variety of an organism, especially a microorganism, which causes disease in a particular host or range of hosts; a pathogenically distinct variety of a microorganism.
Origin
1960s. From patho- + -type, after genotype, phenotype.