Kingdom monera

kingdom monera

1. KINGDOM MONERA

2. Consist mainly of eubacteria and blue-green algae or cyanobacteria They tend to live together in clumps, chains or planes

3. EUBACTERIA They are heterotropic organisms They are named according to their shape

4. EUBACTERIA COCCUS - round or sperical 2. SPIRILLUM - spiral or helical shape 3. BACILLUS - rod-shape

5. COCCUS

6. SPIRILLUM

7. BACCILUS

8. STAPHYLOCOCCI Form irregular clusters of sperical cells

9. STREPTOCOCCI Form a long chain

10. CYANOBACTERIA They are autotrophic organisms They are commonly found in fresh water or marine environments and on land Their cell walls are made up of peptidoglycan , which is poisonous to grazers

11. CYANOBACTERIA Can exists as unicellular, colonial or filamentous Some cyanobacteria can fix nitrogen because of heterocyst, thick walled cells which contain the enzyme nitrogenase used to convert nitrogen gas to ammonia

12. CYANOBACTERIA