"Ron Clark" wrote in message
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On Mon, 20 Mar 2006 16:48:38 -0000, "michael adams"
wrote this (or the missive included this):


All organic matter that isn't burned is broken down into bacteria
and similar micro-organisms by fungi etc evetually


Result, not process, I think

Some might say its impossible to distinguish the two. Life in some
form or other is a continuum. The death of a higher organism - outside
of incineration at least, merely presents more opportunities for the
lower organisms which already inhabit the same host material. Or
at least its immediate locality. Micro-organisms of various kinds
bacteria, viruses, along with fungi etc can live alongside and
parasitise higher organisms both while they're still alive, while
maybe other strains will take over when they're dead.


michael adams

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