Further notes about the morphostasis concept – split files

(40) More on "pathogens"

Today (21st Oct 14) Science daily posted this comment "The house fly genome has been sequenced for the first time, revealing robust immune genes, as one might expect from an insect that thrives in pathogen-rich dung piles and garbage heaps." What this should have read is "The house fly genome has been sequenced for the first time, revealing robust immune genes, as one might expect from an insect that thrives in micro-organism-rich dung piles and garbage heaps." A few of these micro-organisms might, indeed, be capable of pathogenesis but this highlights the interchangeable (and incorrect) use of pathogen to mean micro-organism.