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Enhancing Terminology: Solutions to Non-Host Problems in Organism Interactions

Explore solutions for the lack of counterpart terms in interactions with other organisms, addressing the 'non-host' problem by refining terminology and classification. Proposals include redefining terms, adding new classifications, and appending clarifying phrases. Solutions also tackle issues with viruses and suggest generalizing terms to encompass various organisms. Key processes such as cell communication, adhesion, and response to stimuli from other organisms are identified for better categorization.

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Enhancing Terminology: Solutions to Non-Host Problems in Organism Interactions

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  1. interactions with other organisms Amelia Ireland and Jane Lomax

  2. The Ontology

  3. Lack of Counterpart Terms

  4. The ‘Non-host’ Problem

  5. The ‘Non-host’ Problem II

  6. Solutions • Remove ‘non-host’ designation • Add generic processes with the wording ‘other organism’ • Add existing ‘host’ and new ‘symbiont’ terms as children • Append terms with ‘during symbiotic interaction’ to clarify

  7. Solutions • E.g. acquisition of nutrients from host • acquisition of nutrients from other organism during symbiotic interaction • acquisition of nutrients from host • acquisition of nutrients from symbiont

  8. Solutions: before

  9. Problems with Viruses

  10. Solutions: viruses • Generalize virus terms to apply to any organism • Processes with specific viral variants can be renamed • Reassess terms and annotations to see if they refer to host or virus processes; add new terms as required • Rehome terms under ‘interaction with other organisms’

  11. Solutions • cell communication / signalling • cell adhesion / fusion (e.g. membrane fusion) • cell death • response to biotic stimuli from other organisms • behaviours involving other organisms, e.g. mating • entry into / engulfing / incorporating another organism • movement within another organism • exit from another organism • phagocytosis • nodulation • pollination

  12. Questions • Is ‘response to other organism’ equivalent to ‘interaction with other organism’? • Is ‘multi-organism biological process’ equivalent to ‘interaction with other organism’?

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