Hey guys and gals,
I'm throwing this on the table to see if the cat laps it up. I'm proposing this because I get a little frustrated that there isn't a unified rule for naming pathogens when a pathogen's genus/species happens to be the common name of a disease.
I'm sorta struggling at the moment, b/c I feel like species/genus names should refer to species/genus, but at the same time, I'm pretty sure tuberculosis is mainly a disease. Anyone got a way out of this conundrum? NickCT ( talk) 22:32, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
You might want to take this to userspace until it's a little better fleshed out, to avoid the appearance of publishing prematurely. Others will still be able to contribute and comment. Just a suggestion. -- Scray ( talk) 23:09, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
Hey guys and gals,
I'm throwing this on the table to see if the cat laps it up. I'm proposing this because I get a little frustrated that there isn't a unified rule for naming pathogens when a pathogen's genus/species happens to be the common name of a disease.
I'm sorta struggling at the moment, b/c I feel like species/genus names should refer to species/genus, but at the same time, I'm pretty sure tuberculosis is mainly a disease. Anyone got a way out of this conundrum? NickCT ( talk) 22:32, 17 August 2011 (UTC)
You might want to take this to userspace until it's a little better fleshed out, to avoid the appearance of publishing prematurely. Others will still be able to contribute and comment. Just a suggestion. -- Scray ( talk) 23:09, 17 August 2011 (UTC)