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. |
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?