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The case for biocentric microbiology
Microbiology is a relatively modern scientific discipline intended to objectively study microorganisms, including pathogens and nonpathogens. However, since its birth, this science has been negatively affected by anthropocentric convictions, including rational and irrational beliefs. Among these, fo...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731788/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19653908 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-4749-1-16 |
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author | Aziz, Ramy Karam |
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description | Microbiology is a relatively modern scientific discipline intended to objectively study microorganisms, including pathogens and nonpathogens. However, since its birth, this science has been negatively affected by anthropocentric convictions, including rational and irrational beliefs. Among these, for example, is the artificial separation between environmental and medical microbiology that weakens both disciplines. Anthropocentric microbiology also fails to properly answer questions concerning the evolution of microbial pathogenesis. Here, I argue that an exclusively biocentric microbiology is imperative for improving our understanding not only of the microbial world, but also of our own species, our guts, and the world around us. |
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spelling | pubmed-27317882009-08-26 The case for biocentric microbiology Aziz, Ramy Karam Gut Pathog Commentary Microbiology is a relatively modern scientific discipline intended to objectively study microorganisms, including pathogens and nonpathogens. However, since its birth, this science has been negatively affected by anthropocentric convictions, including rational and irrational beliefs. Among these, for example, is the artificial separation between environmental and medical microbiology that weakens both disciplines. Anthropocentric microbiology also fails to properly answer questions concerning the evolution of microbial pathogenesis. Here, I argue that an exclusively biocentric microbiology is imperative for improving our understanding not only of the microbial world, but also of our own species, our guts, and the world around us. BioMed Central 2009-08-04 /pmc/articles/PMC2731788/ /pubmed/19653908 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-4749-1-16 Text en Copyright © 2009 Aziz; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License ( (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0) ), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Commentary Aziz, Ramy Karam The case for biocentric microbiology |
title | The case for biocentric microbiology |
title_full | The case for biocentric microbiology |
title_fullStr | The case for biocentric microbiology |
title_full_unstemmed | The case for biocentric microbiology |
title_short | The case for biocentric microbiology |
title_sort | case for biocentric microbiology |
topic | Commentary |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2731788/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19653908 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-4749-1-16 |
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