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Published online 28 November 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1265
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Terrestrial origin mooted for more microbes
More than two-thirds of bacteria may have descended from a land-dwelling ancestor.
The majority of bacteria may have evolved on land from an early common ancestor, according to an analysis by two US scientists.
The relationships between different families of bacteria has long been contentious.
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This is certainly an important contribution to humanity's better understanding of the evolution of life on Earth. However, I think it's equally of age, that scientists and philosophers of the 21st century, begin to realize the crucial role of the ever elusive Link: the statistical (absolute) logic behind our apparent everyday binary worldview, in which, a thing is either one, or the other,but nothing can be both. Statistical logic offers universal understanding of the partial position and relation of binary worldview, as aspects of the same reality. Terrestial and marine bactaria, are two forms of a single common ancestor.-Aiya-Oba.(Philosopher).
It appears the article is well-formated in that it presents opposing viewpoints. However I read scores of journal articles in many disciplines every week. Few even mention opposing views since the purpose of their paper and work is to prove their findings. Those that do may present one or two opposing works and address those concerns by presenting evidence that supports their own findings and position. Or most often gloss over contradictory findings. There is a difference between a journal article and a journal paper.