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Six Kingdoms
Characteristics of the Kingdoms
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Biology
Undergraduate 1
02/23/2013

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Kingdom Archaea

Definition
  • prokaryotic
  • no nuclues
  • non-cellulose cell wall
  • autotrophic and (mostly) heterotrophic
  • asexual (binary fission) and sexual (conjugation)
  • examples: methanogen, Pyrococcus sp., and Halococcus sp.
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Kingdom Eubacteria

Definition
  • prokaryotic
  • no nuclues
  • non-cellulose cell wall
  • unicellular
  • autotrophic and heterotrophic
  • asexual (binary fission) and sexual (conjugation)
  • examples: E. coli, Streptococcus
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Kingdom Protista

Definition
  • eukaryotic
  • nuclues present
  • cell wall present
  • multicellular and unicellular
  • autotrophic and heterotrophic
  • asexual and sexual
  • examples: Euglena, amoeba, algae
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Kingdom Fungi

Definition

 

  • eukaryotic
  • nuclues present
  • chitin cell wall
  • multicellular
  • heterotrophic
  • sexual reproduction
  • examples: mold, mildew, mushroom, yeast

 

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Kingdom Plantae

Definition
  • eukaryotic
  • nuclues present
  • cellulose cell wall
  • multicellular
  • autotrphic
  • sexual reproduction
  • examples: rose, grass, tree, bush, moss
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Kingdom Animalia

Definition
  • eukaryotic
  • nuclues present
  • no cell wall
  • multicellular
  • heterotrophic
  • sexual reproduction
  • examples: frog, fish, bear, cheeta, human, jellyfish
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