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Browse all 60 kits → SummaryThis chapter traces how classification systems evolved and presents Whittaker's Five Kingdom system. Aristotle gave an early scientific basis using simple morphology, and Linnaeus used a Two Kingdom system of Plantae and Animalia, which failed to separate prokaryotes from eukaryotes or autotrophs from heterotrophs. In 1969 R.H. Whittaker proposed five kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia, using criteria such as cell structure, body organisation, mode of nutrition, reproduction and phylogenetic relationships. Kingdom Monera contains the prokaryotic bacteria, including archaebacteria of extreme habitats and eubacteria such as cyanobacteria and mycoplasma; bacteria show the widest metabolic diversity. Kingdom Protista groups single-celled eukaryotes: chrysophytes, dinoflagellates, euglenoids, slime moulds and protozoans. Kingdom Fungi covers heterotrophic organisms with chitinous walls and a body of hyphae forming a mycelium, classed into Phycomycetes, Ascomycetes, Basidiomycetes and Deuteromycetes. Kingdom Plantae includes chlorophyll-bearing plants and Kingdom Animalia the multicellular heterotrophs lacking cell walls. The chapter ends with acellular entities outside the five kingdoms: viruses (nucleoprotein particles with RNA or DNA), viroids (free infectious RNA), prions (misfolded proteins) and lichens (symbiotic associations of algae and fungi).
Evolution of classification systems Kingdom Monera: archaebacteria and eubacteria Kingdom Protista Kingdom Fungi and its classes Kingdoms Plantae and Animalia Viruses, viroids, prions and lichens Key termsFive Kingdom classification
The system proposed by Whittaker (1969) dividing life into Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae and Animalia.
Monera
The kingdom of prokaryotic organisms (bacteria), including archaebacteria and eubacteria.
Protista
The kingdom of single-celled eukaryotes, primarily aquatic, with a well-defined nucleus.
Lichen
A symbiotic association between an alga (phycobiont) and a fungus (mycobiont).
Virus
A non-cellular, obligate parasite consisting of genetic material (RNA or DNA) within a protein coat (capsid).
Viroid
A free, low-molecular-weight infectious RNA lacking a protein coat, discovered by Diener.
Extra questions & answersQ1 On what criteria did Whittaker base the Five Kingdom classification? Answer Q2 Name the four shapes of bacteria. Answer Q3 What are archaebacteria and where do they live? Answer Q4 How are viroids different from viruses? Answer Q5 Name the four classes of Kingdom Fungi. Answer Q6 What do the terms phycobiont and mycobiont mean? Answer Q7 What is the nature of cell walls in diatoms? Answer Q8 Describe the four groups of protozoans. Answer Q10 Why was the Two Kingdom system found inadequate? Answer Try one from this chapter
The Five Kingdom classification was proposed by:
A R.H. Whittaker B Aristotle C Carolus Linnaeus D Ernst Mayr
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