Question

give the three general characteristic of kingdom monera

Answer 1

The three general characteristic of kingdom monera are:-

1) All the organisms of this kingdom are prokaryotes. Complex structure was the basis of classification of organisms, many centuries ago. According to R.H. Whittaker's five kingdom classification all the bacteria were placed under the Kingdom Monera.


2)Monera are considered as the most primitive group of organisms. They include various types of bacteria and blue-green algae.


3)Monerans are most abundant of all organisms, due to their versatility of their habitat.It is estimated that a single drop of water contains 50 billion bacteria.

Answer 2

Characteristics of monera:

• Prokaryotes

• Unicellular

• Colonial

• Filamentous

• Nutrition mode can be Autotrophic or heterotrophic.

• Cell wall is present. [Exception - Mycoplasma]

• Cell wall is made up of peptidoglydon .

Example - Cyanobacteria , Anabena .