Why are blue green algae calssified along with bacteria and placed in kingdom monera?

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Blue green algae are unicellular prokaryotes. They lack nucleus and other membrane bound organelles like mitochondria, endoplasmic reticulum.This is why they are classified with bacteria and placed under kingdom Monera.

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