Ecotropism or ecotropic (from eco – hearth and tropic – to turn towards) refers to the philosophy that for human culture to be healthy, it must exist as in an ecological niche and thereby relate appropriately with all the fields of forces of nature, organic and inorganic.[1] The following form of the term has been used since 1990 in the publication of "Toward an Ecotropic Poetry",[2] by John Campion and John Herndon.
Ecotropism can also indicate that a pathogen, like a virus or a bacterium, has a narrow host range and can infect one or a small group of species or cell culture lines.[3]
See also
edit- Tropism, a list of tropisms
- Amphotropism, indicating a wide host range
- ([1]), link to early ecotropic essay and ecotropic concepts
References
edit- ^ "Ecotropism | City Vision University". www.cityvision.edu. Retrieved 2018-02-09.
- ^ John Campion; John Herndon. "Toward an Ecotropic Poetry" (PDF). Retrieved May 23, 2016.
- ^ "Ecotropic". Dorland's Medical Dictionary for Health Consumers. Retrieved May 23, 2016.
^ "Ecotropic Works (an anthology of Ecotropic Works" Ed. John Campion. Ecotropic Works (2010)
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