I've got a triple header on the Map of Life! 3 bacteria from the Kingdom Bacillati, including one from your gut that is generally good, and one from your skin which can sometime be a problem.
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I've been on holiday; hence the lack of content. Now I'm back, let's back to the map of life. Today, I'm acknowledging the halfway house between bacteria and complex cells: the Archaea.
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The map of life needs more fungus, so here's the most stereotypical one that I could think of, the toadstool (or Fly Agaric).
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In extending the map into entirely new areas, I've not updated the mammals recently, so let's add a new type of mammal, the egg laying type. It's the short beaked echidna.
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It's time to extend the map of life into another neglected area with our first algae. It's Japanese kelp, also known as Kombu.
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Let's bring in the week by addressing another oversight. How have I got so far into the Map of Life with no fungus?
As a bread & beer lover, I start the kingdom off with brewer's yeast.
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I'm mixing up diversifying the map with getting through my backlog of drawings. Today, I'm adding another fish. A close relative of the world's largest bony fish, this is the hoodwinker sunfish
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