### Question
Can you define what biological agent means?


### Answer
**Biological agent** is defined as the following in *50 U.S.C. § 1520a*:

> any micro-organism (including bacteria, viruses, fungi, rickettsiac, or protozoa), pathogen, or infectious substance, and any naturally occurring, bioengineered, or synthesized component of any such micro-organism, pathogen, or infectious substance, whatever its origin or method of production, that is capable of causing—


(1) death, disease, or other biological malfunction in a human, an animal, a plant, or another living organism

#### Citation:
  - *50 U.S.C. § 1520a*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 32-CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL WARFARE PROGRAM**

