MONERA

KINGDOM

UNICELLULAR PROKARYOTIC ORGANISMS

They are single-celled organisms
They DO NOT have nucleus.
They are prokaryotic.

BACTERIA
BACTERIUM

TYPES OF BACTERIA
Coccus (Cocci): spherical bacteria
Bacillus (Bacilli): Rod shaped bacteria
Vibrio: Curved bacteria
Spirillum: Bacteria with a helical or spiral
shape

THE VITAL FUNCTIONS OF BACTERIA

1. NUTRITION
Most bacteria are heterotrophic, but some of them are autotrophic.
They feed in different ways:
Saprophytic bacteria or decomposers
Get nutrients by decomposing the remains of living beings in the environment
Parasitic bacteria
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They feed on other living being, harming them and causing infectious illnesses.

Symbiotcs bacteria
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They live in close association with another living beings and this produces a
mutual benefit such as those which live in our intestine .

2. REPRODUCTION
Bacteria reproduce asexually by repeated cell division
.

3. INTERACTION
Some bacteria move (using flagella) while others are inmobile

CYANOBACTERIA
Also known as blue-green algae that
obtain their energy through
photosynthesis. They are autotrophs.

PROTOCTIST
KINGDOM

CHARACTERISTICS
l They are unicellular and multicellular organisms
l They have eukariotic cell
l They are very simple and they never form tissues.

CLASSIFICATION
PROTOZOA

ALGAE

PROTOZO
A

CHARACTERISTICS
They are unicellular organisms
They are heterotrophs

NUTRITION
They are heterotrophs
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Hunters: they feed on microorganisms

Parasites: They feed on other living beings, harming them and causing ilnesses such as
malaria.

REPRODUCTION
They rerpoduce by dividing their cellular body into two daughter cells

INTERACTION:
Most move using differents mechanisms

Trypanosoma (flagellum/a)

Amoeba (pseudopodi/a)

Paramecium (ciliium/a)

Daughter
ameba
Ameba
(mother)

3. Two daughter ameba

are produced.

1. The ameba grows and its

components duplicate.

2. The ameba
becomes
thinner in its
centre.

ALGAE

CHARACTERISTICS
l They are unicellular, some are colonies and they can be
multicellular organisms but they never form tissues
l They are autotroph. They perform photosynthesis; they
have chloroplasts and cell walls
l Most are aquatic

CLASSIFICATION
Brown algae

Green algae

Red algae

FUNGI
KINGDOM

MUSHROOM

CHARACTERISTICS
Eukaryotic heterotrophic organisms
Some are unicellular and other are multicellular
They do not form tissues.
Their cell have a cellular wall, but they are different to
plant cells
l Some multicellular fungi are made up of fine threads
called hyphae.
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Vital function
Nutrition
1.Saprophytes
(musrhooms)
2.Parasites
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3.Symbiont (lichen)

Reproduction
Fungi reproduce by spores.

Interaction
They usually live in the soil, in dark and damp places.