Deleteriously affecting members of a target species by exposure to a component of symbiont or food source of an adjoiner species that is symbiotic with the target species

A method of identifying components of members of test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:

• (a) separating at least one member of a test species into a plurality of components;
• (b) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of an adjoiner species;
• and
• (c) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures;
• wherein step (a) is executed with such a large number of test species that are symbionts of the adjoiner species that the ratio of execution of step (a) when the test species are symbionts of the adjoiner species relative to execution of step (a) when the test species are not symbionts of the adjoiner species is significantly higher than said ratio of execution according to the prior art.

A method of identifying components of members of test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:

• (a) separating at least one member of each of a plurality of test species into a plurality of components;
• (b) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of an adjoiner species;
• and
• (c) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures;
• wherein steps (b) and (c) are executed in such large numbers when the test species are symbionts of the adjoiner species that the ratio of execution of steps (b) and (c) when the test species are symbionts of the adjoiner species relative to execution of steps (b) and (c) when the test species are not symbionts of the adjoiner species is significantly higher than said ratio of execution according to the prior art.

A method of identifying components of members of a test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:

• (a) separating at least one member of the test species into a plurality of components;
• (b) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of an adjoiner species;
• and
• (c) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures;
• wherein steps (b) and (c) are executed in such large numbers when the test species is a symbiont of the adjoiner species that the ratio of execution of steps (b) and (c) when the test species is a symbiont of the adjoiner species relative to execution of steps (b) and (c) when the test species is not a symbiont of the adjoiner species is significantly higher than said ratio of execution according to the prior art.

A method of identifying components of members of a test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:.

• (a) identifying the test species as a symbiont of a given adjoiner species when the test species had not been known to be a symbiont of the given adjoiner species;
• (b) separating at least one member of the test species into a plurality of components;
• (c) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of the adjoiner species;
• and
• (d) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures.

A method of identifying components of members of a test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:

• (a) exposing at least a component of at least one member of the target species to at least one member of the test species;
• (b) subsequent to step (a), separating said exposed at least one member of the test species into a plurality of components;
• (c) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of an adjoiner species and the test species is a symbiont of the adjoiner species;
• and
• (d) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures.

A method of identifying components of members of test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:

• (a) separating at least one member of a test species into a plurality of components;
• (b) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of an adjoiner species;
• and
• (c) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures;
• wherein steps (a), (b) and (c) are executed methodically and systematically with a large number of test species that are traditional food sources of the adjoiner species.

A method of identifying components of members of test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:

• (a) separating at least one member of a test species into a plurality of components;
• (b) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of an adjoiner species;
• and
• (c) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures;
• wherein step (a) is executed with such a large number of test species that are traditional food sources of the adjoiner species that the ratio of execution of step (a) when the test species are traditional food sources of the adjoiner species relative to execution of step (a) when the test species are not traditional food sources of the adjoiner species is significantly higher than said ratio of execution according to the prior art.

A method of identifying components of members of test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:

• (a) separating at least one member of each of a plurality of test species into a plurality of components;
• (b) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of an adjoiner species;
• and
• (c) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures;
• wherein steps (b) and (c) are executed in such large numbers when the test species are traditional food sources of the adjoiner species that the ratio of execution of steps (b) and (c) when the test species are traditional food sources of the adjoiner species relative to execution of steps (b) and (c) when the test species are not traditional food sources of the adjoiner species is significantly higher than said ratio of execution according to the prior art.

A method of identifying components of members of a test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:

• (a) separating at least one member of the test species into a plurality of components;
• (b) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of an adjoiner species;
• and
• (c) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures;
• wherein steps (b) and (c) are executed in such large numbers when the test species is a traditional food source of the adjoiner species that the ratio of execution of steps (b) and (c) when the test species is a traditional food source of the adjoiner species relative to execution of steps (b) and (c) when the test species is not a traditional food source of the adjoiner species is significantly higher than said ratio of execution according to the prior art.

A method of identifying components of members of a test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:

• (a) identifying the test species as a co-evolutionary food source of the given adjoiner species when the test species had not been known to be a co-evolutionary food source of the given adjoiner species;
• (b) separating at least one member of the test species into a plurality of components;
• (c) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of the adjoiner species;
• and
• (d) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures.

A method of identifying components of members of a test species that deleteriously affect members of a target species, comprising the steps of:

• (a) exposing at least a component of at least one member of the target species to at least one member of the test species;
• (b) subsequent to step (a), separating said exposed at least one member of the test species into a plurality of components;
• (c) exposing at least some of said separated components of said member(s) of the test species separately to members of the target species, wherein the target species is a symbiont of an adjoiner species and the test species is a traditional food source of the adjoiner species;
• and
• (d) examining said exposures to determine for said identification whether members of the target species have been deleteriously affected by said exposures.