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Old 03-18-2008, 08:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Troianii View Post
Alright, it could, but at this point it still requires assumptions.
Sorry if my post was unclear above.

They "could" not only, they do. Currently a large scale process of reorganizing the entire nomenclature based on genetics is on the way.

From Bacteria I know that such a nomenclature is already replacing the old one that wsa based on physiological and visible features instead. I am pretty sure, something similar is also currently taking place in the other fields of biology.
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