This document provides an overview of taxonomy and the five-kingdom system of classifying organisms. It describes the key characteristics of monera, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. Within these broad kingdoms, important phyla and examples are outlined, including characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, plant and animal-like protists, fungi, vascular and non-vascular plants, invertebrates like mollusks and arthropods, and vertebrate chordates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
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This document provides an overview of taxonomy and the five-kingdom system of classifying organisms. It describes the key characteristics of monera, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. Within these broad kingdoms, important phyla and examples are outlined, including characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, plant and animal-like protists, fungi, vascular and non-vascular plants, invertebrates like mollusks and arthropods, and vertebrate chordates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
This document provides an overview of taxonomy and the five-kingdom system of classifying organisms. It describes the key characteristics of monera, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. Within these broad kingdoms, important phyla and examples are outlined, including characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, plant and animal-like protists, fungi, vascular and non-vascular plants, invertebrates like mollusks and arthropods, and vertebrate chordates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
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This document provides an overview of taxonomy and the five-kingdom system of classifying organisms. It describes the key characteristics of monera, protists, fungi, plants, and animals. Within these broad kingdoms, important phyla and examples are outlined, including characteristics of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, photosynthesis in cyanobacteria, plant and animal-like protists, fungi, vascular and non-vascular plants, invertebrates like mollusks and arthropods, and vertebrate chordates including fish, amphibians, reptiles, birds, and mammals.
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CHAPTER I
CLASSIFICATION OF ORGANISMS: TAXONOMY
KINGDOMS OF LIFE Five-kingdom system: in 1969 Robert H. Wittaker Prokaryotes Eukaryotes
MONERA
PROTISTA
PLANTAE
FUNGI
ANIMALIA
Earliest organisms
Monera Kingdom: Bacteria- Prokaryotic Organism
Ribosomes Flagella
Cytoplasm Chromosome Cell wall Cell membrane
Flagellum (flagella)
Locomotive appendage Propeller-like rotary movement Flagellum
Plasma membrane
Cell wall
Rotary movements of each flagellum
Pillus (pilli) Short and thin appendage Help bacteria stick to each other and to surfaces
