Question

Give the characteristics of kingdom Monera.

Answer 1

1. R.H. Whittaker proposed the five-kingdom classification in 1969. This classification was based upon certain characters like mode of nutrition, thallus organization, cell structure, phylogenetic relationships and reproduction.
2. Five kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.

Kingdom Monera:

Kingdom Monera consists of unicellular, prokaryotic, microscopic, and the most ancient organisms.

Characteristics of Kingdom Monera:

1. These organisms do not have a defined nucleus or organelles.
2. These organisms do not show multi-cellular body designs.
3. They show diversity based on many other characteristics such as having cell walls, mode of nutrition, etc.
4. The mode of nutrition of organisms can be either autotrophic by synthesizing their own food or heterotrophic by getting it from the environment.
5. It includes bacteria, blue-green algae or cyanobacteria, and mycoplasma. They are important decomposers of the living kingdom.