A new way to name bacteria: 300-year-old system revised thanks to scientific advances
A new way to name bacteria: 300-year-old system revised thanks to scientific advances: Prokaryotes are single-celled organisms without nuclei and are commonly known as bacteria. Ichigomaru/Shutterstock Nearly 300 years ago the Swedish botanist Carl Linnaeus secured his place in scientific history when he created what’s known as the binomial system. The year was 1737 and, …