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  1. archaeobacteria
    considered ancient life forms that evolved separately from bacteria and blue-green algae
    So now we have added the kingdom Archaeobacteria for the group of bacteria which seem to be of a very ancient type.
  2. eukaryotic
    having cells with `good' or membrane-bound nuclei
    All of those annoying in-between sorts of eukaryotic organisms were jammed into the Protista, and all of the prokaryotic organisms were shoe-horned into the Monera.
  3. Protista
    eukaryotic one-celled living organisms distinct from multicellular plants and animals: protozoa, slime molds, and eukaryotic algae
    Five kingdoms: Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, and Monera (bacteria).
  4. Monera
    prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions
    Five kingdoms: Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Protista, and Monera (bacteria).
  5. Animalia
    taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
    Plantae and Animalia.
  6. Fungi
    the taxonomic kingdom including yeast, molds, smuts, mushrooms, and toadstools; distinct from the green plants
    And as more knowledge was gained about Fungi, which Linnaeus just shoved into the plant kingdom because they looked more like plants than animals, the more obvious it was that they were very different from plants.
  7. plant kingdom
    (botany) the taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct plants
    And as more knowledge was gained about Fungi, which Linnaeus just shoved into the plant kingdom because they looked more like plants than animals, the more obvious it was that they were very different from plants.
  8. demote
    assign to a lower position; reduce in rank
    This would "demote" all of those eukaryotic kingdoms to, at best, sub-kingdoms.
  9. Linnaeus
    Swedish botanist who proposed the modern system of biological nomenclature (1707-1778)
    For Linnaeus, the answer to this was obvious.
  10. taxonomy
    a classification of organisms based on similarities
    Tradition is strong, even in the sciences, and Linnaeus was, after all, the "father of taxonomy."
  11. in-between
    being neither at the beginning nor at the end in a series
    All of those annoying in-between sorts of eukaryotic organisms were jammed into the Protista, and all of the prokaryotic organisms were shoe-horned into the Monera.
  12. bacteria
    single-celled organisms that can cause disease
    Linnaeus didn't know anything about things like bacteria and protists (or if he knew about them, he just ignored them).
  13. subdivide
    form into subdivisions
    How many kingdoms do we need to subdivide the world of living things into the smallest possible very general categories of "different kinds of things"?
  14. DNA
    material that carries genetic information in a cell
    With the advent of knowledge of DNA and the great ability to compare the DNA sequences of different organisms, we've gained a marvelous kind of telescope into the biological past.
  15. organism
    a living thing that can act or function independently
    All of those annoying in-between sorts of eukaryotic organisms were jammed into the Protista, and all of the prokaryotic organisms were shoe-horned into the Monera.
  16. lop
    cut off from a whole
    Guess where the various Kingdoms go ;^)

    Even that system seems a bit lop-sided.
  17. kingdom
    the domain ruled by a monarch
    Consider the very fundamental question of Kingdoms.
  18. fascinate
    attract; cause to be enamored
    The second fascinating thing DNA tells us is that the total diversity among all four of the eukaryotic kingdoms is less than the genetic difference between those two groups of bacteria.
  19. genetically
    by genetic mechanisms
    Two groups of bacteria which are, genetically speaking, very distant from each other.
  20. biologist
    a scientist who studies living organisms
    So for a long time, biologists stuck to this two-kingdom system, despite clear evidence that it didn't really work.
Created on Thu Sep 29 21:40:58 EDT 2011

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