Since the Victorian era, categorizing the natural world.

• Position: SCIENCE SCENE - Reclassification of eukaryotic life forms - Brief article

Since the Victorian era, categorizing the natural world has challenged scientists--especially in the case of the protists, the tiny, complex life forms that are neither plants nor animals. A new reclassification of eukaryotic life forms. published in the Journal of Eukaryotic Microbiology, draws together the latest research to clarify the current state of protist diversity and categorization. 'With environmental genomics, we are experiencing a renaissance of new...