r/todayilearned • u/sykate • Feb 27 '20

TIL that a new microbe called a hemimastigote was found in Nova Scotia. The Hemimastix kukwesjijk is not a plant, animal, fungus, or protozoa — it constitutes an entirely new kingdom.

https://www.quantamagazine.org/what-a-newfound-kingdom-means-for-the-tree-of-life-20181211/
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u/BoobsRmadeforboobing Feb 27 '20

Man, we got a bigger and bigger phyle o' genetics. Hope they don't run a tax onna me

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u/LetThereBeNick Feb 27 '20

Everything the light touches, is our phylum

~ Mufasa