Deadly germs, Lost cures: A Mysterious Infection Spanning the Globe in (snip) Secrecy

The New York Times ^ | 6 April 2019 | Matt Richtel and Adrew Jacobs

[tired&retired]

https://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/resources/1439-making-a-case-for-the-5th-kingdom

Making a case for the 5th kingdom

[bert]

———Making a case for the 5 kingdoms——

Kingdoms:
1. Plants
2. Animals
3. Fungi
4. ?
5. ?

For the record, for many years the largest creature on earth in terms of size and biomass was the Humongeous fungus in Michigan.

[tired&retired]

The Linnean model came from Thomas Whittaker. In 1969 Whittaker proposed a “five kingdom” system in which three kingdoms were added to the animals and plants: Monera (bacteria), Protista, and Fungi.

[bert]

Thanks for that

[redgolum]

Doesn’t fit the agenda.

And to be honest, how many antifugals are we using on crops? We use some on seeds, but not on finished crops.

But then Nebraska isn’t a huge test case for such things.

[mdmathis6]

While there might be some truth to it, I think pork producers are trying to get the price up...the same way a small reported isolated refinery fire always jacks up gas prices nation wide. The Chinese are also invested heavily in American pork production...the Smithfield company for example.