All Taxonomy & Phylogeny articles
-
News
Scientists ID new genus of fungi on grasses
This study examined a mushroom species, Campanella subdendrophora, also known as Tetrapyrgos subdendrophora, which fruits on grasses in the US Pacific Northwest, and determined that a new genus, Metacampanella was needed for this taxon.
-
Features
Ancient skeletal remains and the invention of agriculture: effects on the oral microbiome
How the oral microbiome adapted to the system of agricultural subsistence across the millennia of paleolithc and neolithic history.
-
Careers
On the road with the Culture Collections
Have you ever wondered what it’s like on the other side of the table at scientific conferences?
-
News
Researchers create ‘Wikipedia of resistant bacteria’ based on 214k microbiome samples
Researchers at DTU in Denmark have created a new tool in the fight against resistant bacteria that, based on 214,000 microbiome samples, can create an overview of the problem across countries, people and environments.
-
Features
Latin anyone?
A knowledge of Latin enables us to both understand the origins of some words in our own English language but also to recognise the origins of many words in other Latin-influenced languages.
-
Features
Importance of microbial taxonomy to public health
In microbial taxonomy, one must first classify one’s unknown strains and determine whether they represent a new taxon.