"Pathogen" is something that gives rise to disease or infection. There are bacteria that do not do these things though, such as the culture in yogurt or the E.coli already residing in your stomach.
Pathogenic virus effects the immune system thus making the stomach and brain naseous. while pathogenic bacteria, if possible grows on the pear shaped sack that protects the heart, caused heart...
A pathogenic bacteria is one that can be broadly described as causing an illness. Spoilage bacteria contribute to the decomposition of something after death.
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