Question

List the characteristics features of kingdom monera.

Answer 1

The characteristics features of kingdom monera are:
1. they are the most primitive organisms .
2.they are prokaryotic in nature..
3.nuclear membrane is absent.
4.they are present in both living and non-living environment.
5.chromosome is single & circular.
6.they also lack membrane bound cell organelles.
7.cell wall is made up of peptidoglycans.
8. reproduction is by spore formation or binary fission.
e.g Bacteria, cynobacteria , mycoplasma

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 .