What is the difference between all five Kingdom?

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Major differences among five kingdoms in the Five Kingdom System of Classification are as stated below:

Property

Kingdom Monera

Kingdom Protista

Kingdom Fungi

Kingdom Plantae

Kingdom Animalia

Cell type Prokaryotic Eukaryotic Eukaryotic Eukaryotic Eukaryotic

Cell organization Unicellular Unicellular Multicellular Multicellular Multicellular

Cell wall Made up of
peptidoglycan With or without
cell wall.
Made up of cellulose Made up of chitin
or fungal cell
wall or both Made up of true
cellulose or pectic
compounds Absent

Nutritional class Phototrophic,
heterotrophic,
Parasites,
Saprophytes Photosynthetic,
Holozoic,
Saprophytic, Parasitic Heterotrophic
Saprophytes Autotrophic Heterotrophic

Mode of nutrition Absorptive Absorptive or
ingestive Absorptive Mostly
Absorptive Mostly
ingestive

Motility Motile or non
motile Motile or
non-motile Cilia or flagella Non-motile Sedentary in nature Mostly Motile

Reproduction Asexual
(fission or budding) Asexual or Sexual Vegetative,
Sexual or Asexual Vegetative, Sexual or Asexual Mostly Sexual.
Some can reproduce
by asexual means.

Examples Archaebacteria,
Eubacteria,
Cyanobacteria, Actinomycetes Amoeba,
Paramoecium,
Euglena Agaricus,
Aspergillus,
Penicillium Algae, Bryophytes,
Pteridophytes Snakes, Fishes,
Kangaroo

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