When is a letter Capital?
Me: Do you know why in the journal papers, they spell bacteria with a small b, and Archaea with a capital A?
QJ: Really? I've seen them spell Bacteria with a capital B.
Me: No, I'll show you. *Frowns and flips through journal review paper*. Look! See this line? 'blabla bacteria.' And this line too! 'blabla Archaea'
QJ: Hmm... I don't know.
Few seconds later:
QJ: I know! Its because everyone has heard of bacteria before but few people have heard of archaea before. So they put a big A so that everyone can tell a difference!
Me: Aaah! That's possible. I didn't even know what on earth an archaea was until I came here...
What is an Archaea, you ask?
QJ: Really? I've seen them spell Bacteria with a capital B.
Me: No, I'll show you. *Frowns and flips through journal review paper*. Look! See this line? 'blabla bacteria.' And this line too! 'blabla Archaea'
QJ: Hmm... I don't know.
Few seconds later:
QJ: I know! Its because everyone has heard of bacteria before but few people have heard of archaea before. So they put a big A so that everyone can tell a difference!
Me: Aaah! That's possible. I didn't even know what on earth an archaea was until I came here...
What is an Archaea, you ask?
posted by elb at
8/20/2006 03:02:00 pm
2 Comments:
so what are you going to name your bacteria? hehe
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Nicholas Chay, at Monday, August 21, 2006 12:21:00 pm
just came across this blog. they put a capital A because it's latin and all organisms are supposed to have a latin name that starts with a capital letter. just like "Drosophila melanogaster" or "Canis familiaris" or "Rattus norvegicus" or whatever...
By
Len, at Friday, August 25, 2006 12:15:00 am
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