In Brief Published: 16 July 2015 Bacterial evolution An intriguing new bacterial phylum Naomi Attar Nature Reviews Microbiology 13, 459 (2015) Cite this article ...

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Zygomycetes also include the order Entomophthorales, which are responsible for entomophthoramycosis. Recently, molecular phylogenetic analyses have found that Zygomycota are polyphyletic, and these ...

A second study of marine bacteria also found that bacteria showed narrower ranges at lower compared to higher latitudes, but this was only true for bacteria in the phyla Bacteroidetes and ...

Apart from the difference at the phylum and genus levels, there were also other groups of microorganisms (bacteria and fungi) that were enriched in the four treatments and identified at the class, ...

The secret life of occlupanids As we have mentioned many times, new species can be found literally at our door step (eg. see Critter of tthe Week 178, a new species under our feet). But who has found ...