As the number of environmental small subunit (SSU) ribosomal RNA gene sequences has greatly surpassed the number of cultured microorganisms, reconciliation of the established taxonomy and ...

Systematic Biology is the bimonthly journal of the Society of Systematic Biologists. Papers for the journal are original contributions to the theory, principles, and methods of systematics as well as ...

"The Phylogenetic System of Ephemeroptera contains new data which are interesting: for entomologists and hydrobiologists interested in systematics and phylogeny of mayflies; for entomologists and ...

Ethnobotanical data collected among the Eipo people in the Central Highlands of West New Guinea are compared with the theoretical model of ethnotaxonomic systems developed by Berlin and co-workers ...

Last month, many microbiologists were surprised to find that the familiar names and nomenclature for the bacteria and archaea they study had been rewritten, seemingly overnight. On December 10, the ...

Quantitative Classification of Igneous Rocks Based on Chemical and Mineral Characters, with a Systematic Nomenclature. By Whitman Cross Joseph P. Iddings Louis V. Pirsson Henry S. Washington, with an ...

You can categorize every single living being. This classification system allows scientists to study plant and animal diversity and to group closely related species. From horses to insects to worms, ...