Diversity In Living World

Paratype

Other than the holotype or isotype if any specimen is cited in the protologue it is known to be as…

Order

The arrangement of organisms forming a category ranking above a genus and below an order

Nutrition

Science which deals with interaction of nutrients and other substances in food in relation to maintenance, growth, reproduction, health and…

Neotype

The specimen selected to serve as the single type specimen when an original holotype has been lost or destroyed or…

Natural Classification System

Classification of organisms according to relationship based on descent from a common ancestor

Mycoplasma

Mycoplasma bacteria is that lack a cell wall around their cell membrane Mycoplasma Explanation Though they do not have cell…

Museum

The institution that cares for a collection of organisms artifacts and other objects such as artistic, historical, cultural or scientific…

Morphological Species

Characterization of a species by external features and its body shape Morphological Species Explanation This concept is applied to both…

Lichens

Lichen is a composite organisms that arises by the combination of algae (Phycobiont) or cyanobacteria with fungi (Mycobiont) in a…

Lectotype

A specimen chosen as the type of a species or subspecies if the author of the name fails to designate…