Kingdom Monera • Bacteria are the sole members of the Kingdom Monera. • They are the most abundant micro-organisms. • Rigid cell wall of murein or peptidoglycan which is itself made of N-acetyl glucosamine and N-acetyl muramic acid. • Histones are absent. Ribosomes are of 70S type. S is the sedimentation coefficient. • Bacteria occur almost everywhere. Hundreds of bacteria are present in a handful of soil. So, they are termed as cosmopolitan. • Many of them live in or on other organisms as parasites. • They are very simple in structure but are very complex in behavior. They show the most extensive metabolic diversity 13.5K views08:15
