Monera

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Monera is a former biological kingdom that comprised all prokaryotic, single-celled organisms such as bacteria and archaea, distinguished by their lack of a true nucleus and membrane-bound organelles.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf biological kingdom
taxonomic group
cellType prokaryotic
cellularity unicellular
distinguishedFrom Animalia
Fungi
Plantae
Protista
ecologicalRole decomposers
nitrogen fixers
primary producers
geneticExchange conjugation
transduction
transformation
geneticMaterialOrganization nucleoid region
habitat ubiquitous in diverse environments
hasCharacteristic 70S ribosomes
binary fission reproduction
circular DNA
lack of membrane-bound organelles
lack of true nucleus
peptidoglycan cell wall in many members
includes archaebacteria
bacteria
cyanobacteria
prokaryotic microorganisms
includesPathogensOf animals
humans
plants
introducedBy Ernst Haeckel
introducedIn 1866
kingdomOf prokaryotes
metabolism autotrophic
chemoautotrophic
heterotrophic
photoautotrophic
notRecognizedBy modern three-domain classification
oxygenRelationship aerobic
anaerobic
facultative anaerobic
partOfSystem Whittaker five-kingdom system
recognizedBy Lynn Margulis
R. H. Whittaker
replacedBy Archaea domain
Bacteria domain
three-domain system
reproduction asexual
status obsolete kingdom in modern taxonomy
taxonomicRank kingdom
usedIn five-kingdom classification system
two-kingdom classification extensions

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Eukarya ("Bacteria")
Protista
contrastedWith
Archaea ("Bacteria")
distinguishedFrom

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