What better way to express the concordance between all animate being on Earth by showing all the stomach bugs , viruses , and parasites we share ?
The graphic below was created using information from a study by biologists at the University of Liverpool and Aberystwyth University , recently print inScientific Data , that looked at host - pathogen relationships and their worldwide distribution . The resultant were then visualise by study authorMaya Wardeh , currently involved in postdoctoral research at the University of Liverpool’sInstitute of Infection and Global Health . Ultimately , data such as this could be used to facilitate tackle the global incumbrance of infectious diseases , which the investigator count on were responsible for 16 per centum of all deaths in the world last class .
Each dot represent a different species . The expectant the dot , the more types of pathogens each species interact with . The closer the dots , the more microbes the species have in common .
The pathogens – essentially , organism that can cause disease – in the computer graphic admit bacteria , viruses , fungi , parasitic louse and single - celled organisms called protozoa . The study suggest that there are around 1,450 different known pathogen of humans . These are unlike to thetrillions of microbeswe partake our body with , which usually survive in repose with us and are in reality full of life to our endurance . In fact , our body’sown cells are outnumberedten to one by bacterial cells alone , although some can cause disease if given the chance .
As you’re able to see from the prototype , humans share a vast amount of lurgies with beast we have domesticate and amount into contact with most , such as dogs and kine . Interestingly , it also bear witness we divvy up more pathogen with fish and birds than our high priest cousin – most probable because they take form a large part of our dieting .
Image credit : Maya Wardeh
