The use of Monera to refer to one branch of the five-kingdom top-level division of living things has largely been supplanted by the term
Bacteria which is now used to refer to one of the three top-level domains, the others being
Archaea and
Eukaryota.
In Linnaean Taxonomy Monera comprised the bacteria. It contained the Phyla :
Sub-Kingdom Archaebacteria
Division Mendosicutes
Phylum Methanocreatrices?
Phylum [Halophilic and Thermoacidophilic Bacteria]?
Sub-Kingdom Eubacteria
Division Tenericutes
Phylum
Division Gracilicutes
Phylum Spirochaetae?
Phylum Thiopneutes?
Phylum [Anaerobic Phototrophic Bacteria]?
Phylum Cyanobacteria?
Phylum Chloroxybacteria?
Phylum [Nitrogen-fixing Aerobic Bacteria]?
Phylum Pseudomonads?
Phylum Omnibacteria?
Phylum [Chemoautotrophic Bacteria]?
Phylum Myxobacteria?
Division Firmicutes
Phylum [Fermenting Bacteria]?
Phylum Aeroendospora?
Phylum Micrococci?
Phylum Actinobacteria?