Taxonomy

Kingdom Monera is broken up as follows:

Subkingdom Archaebacteria – ancient or primitive anaerobic bacteria. Live in conditions too harsh for other living creatures, resembling environments on early earth.

The archaebacteria include:

Methanogens - “methane makers” live in swamps, sewage, animal gut and other anaerobic habitats.

Halophoiles - “salt lovers” live in brackish ponds, salt lakes, near seafloor volcanic vents and other high salinity habitats.

Extreme thermophiles - “heat lovers” live in hot springs, acidic soils, near hydrothermal vents, (2500 C).

Subkingdom Eubacteria – New, or ‘typical’ bacteria that exists today. This bacteria has adapted to today’s culture and medication so that it could survive.

Phylum Schizomycophyta - All of the bacteria fall into this category. They reproduce by binary fission, and can have various methods of nutrition, such as chemosynthesis, photosynthesis, or by absorption.

Phylum Cyanophyta – Also known as the blue-green algae. These contain chlorophyll and other pigments, are capable of photosynthesis, and are aquatic creatures. Were originally part of the Kingdom Plantae, but were put in Kingdom Monera because they are prokaryotes.

Quick Fact: Approximately 2,000 species of bacteria have been identified.

Two Examples of different Monerans. There is some oscillatoria <left> and some gleocapsa <right>
The oscillatoria is from Phylum Cyanophyta, and the gleocapsa is from Phylum Schizomycophyta.