TOPIC

: Five-Kingdom Classification System

REPORTER
:
SUBJECT
: NSG. 2 (Biological Science)
PROFESSOR
: Emy Rose Vergara

THE FIVE-KINGDOM CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM

Further developments in biology gave rise to new kingdom
classifications. With the invention of more powerful microscopes, biologists
were able to see clearly two fundamental kinds of calls based on structure:
the prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Studies in ecology and physiology
showed differences in the mode of nutrition of organisms. Considering these
findings, R.H. Whittaker proposed a five-kingdom classification system in
1969. He created a new kingdom exclusively for prokaryotes the kingdom
Monera. He classified molds, yeasts and mushrooms under another new
group, the Kingdom Fungi. He retained the names of the three kingdoms of
Ernst Haeckel: Kingdom Protista Plantae and Animalia but with modifications
in the species under each one.
KINGDOM MONERA
Unicellular prokaryotic organisms lacking distinct nuclei and
membrane-bound organelles; nutrition principally by absorption but some
are photosynthetic and chemosynthetic.
Phylum Cyanophyta
Phylum Schizophyta

Blue-green algae
Bacteria

KINGDOM PROTISTA
Unicellular or colonial eukaryotic organisms with distinct nuclei and
organelles; nutrition by photosynthesis, absorption or ingestion.
Phylum
Phylum
Phylum
Phylum

Chrysophyta
Pyrrophyta
Xanthophyta
Protozoa

Golden algae
Dynoflagellates
Yellow-green algae
Protozoans (Trypanosoma, Chilomonas)