Phys.org

Taxonomy goes viral: Experts publish a new set of consensus principles to classify the virosphere

The official body charged with virus classification has released four new principles that bring order to the viral world. This provides a unified framework that will enable all viruses to be ...
Nature

Uniting the classification of cultured and uncultured bacteria and archaea using 16S rRNA gene sequences

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 ...
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Do species exist? : principles of taxonomic classification / Werner Kunz

Are species constructs of the human mind? -- Why is there a species problem? -- Is the biological species a class or is it an individual? -- What are traits in taxonomy? -- Diversity within the ...
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Cladistics a guide to biological classification David M. Williams, Natural History Museum, London, Malte C. Ebach, University of New South Wales

Introduction: Carving nature at its joints, or Why birds are not dinosaurs and men are not apes -- Part I. The Interrelationships of Organisms: 1. What this book is about -- 2. Classification -- Part ...