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"Solving problems doesn’t always require an entirely new fix -- or new software. A team at IBM recently demonstrated that repurposed software offers improved functional characterization of microbiomes at a fraction of the development time. Currently, microbial functional profiling is typically done by classifying sequencing reads taxonomically, followed by computationally demanding functional analysis. But in a clever twist, researchers opted instead to directly compare sequencing reads to a functionally annotated database. The group developed a tree-shaped functional hierarchy and repurposed taxonomic bioinformatics tools to do the functional annotation. The method was applied to soil samples taken across the globe. This revealed, for example, that antioxidant activity was much higher in polar regions compared with equatorial areas. Next, the team plans to use the technique on other biological samples to further probe the secret lives of microbes..."

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Hank tells us the background story and explains the importance of the science of classifying living things, also known as taxonomy.

Chapters:
1) Taxonomy
2) Phylogenetic Tree
3) Biolography
4) Analogous/Homoplasic Traits
5) Homologous Traits
6) Taxa & Binomial Nomenclature
7) Domains
a) Bateria
b) Archaea
c) Eukarya / 4 Kingdoms
-Plantae
-Protista
-Fungi
-Animalia

The University of Florida Book of Insect Records (UFBIR) names insect champions and documents their achievements. Each chapter deals with a different category of record.

This resource is a video abstract of a research paper created by Research Square on behalf of its authors. It provides a synopsis that's easy to understand, and can be used to introduce the topics it covers to students, researchers, and the general public. The video's transcript is also provided in full, with a portion provided below for preview:

"At first glance you would be hard-pressed to tell apart a Eurasian golden jackal from what has been thought to be an African golden jackal. Recent studies, however, suggest these geographically separate populations represent two distinct species. And one of them, it turns out, should be classified as a wolf. 19th century naturalists recorded and named many African mammalian species during their expeditions. Species descriptions were based on observations in the wild and on individuals collected and brought back to European natural history museums. These scientists were often over-zealous, naming more species than are currently recognized. But in the case of the African wolf, these early naturalists had it right. During the early part of the last century, golden jackals found in Eurasia and Africa were lumped into a single species due to similarities in their outward appearance, despite the fact that the early scientist had recognized the African form as a different, wolf-related species..."

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