Bacteria are no more classified as plants primarily because:

They are unicellular and prokaryotic.

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They are microscopic.

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Many of them are parasitic.

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They do not have chlorophyll.

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Solution

The correct option is A They are unicellular and prokaryotic.
Bacteria are no more classified as plants because they are prokaryotic and lack a nuclear membrane-enclosed nucleus and organelles.
The plant kingdom consists of eukaryotic organisms that are eukaryotic, multicellular and autotrophic organisms.
Hence, the correct answer is option A.

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