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Meaning of pathotype in English:

pathotype

Pronunciation /ˈpaθətʌɪp/

noun

Microbiology Botany

  • 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.