why were bacteria placed under 2 kingdom classification?
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The classification in which whole living organisms of the earth are classified into two groups is known as two-kingdom classification. This system of classification is the oldest system of classification. This system of classification was based on different characteristics of animals and plants. It is the oldest system of classification.
Kingdom: Plantae
This kingdom plantae includes all plants which have the following characteristics:
They are usually immobile and fixed in a place.
They have branching body with a spread out appearance and green leaves.
They have a rigid cellulosic cell wall around their cell.
They have an autotrophic type of nutrition.
They are less sensitive and have no organized nervous system and sense organs.
Their locomotion is not well defined.
The kingdom Plantae includes all the green plants, mosses, multicellular seaweeds, moulds, mushrooms, lichens, tiny unicellular organisms, bacteria, ferns and flowering plants.