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Common Characteristics of the Six Kingdoms of Life

Kingdom Eubacteria Archaebacteria Protist Fungi Plantae Animalia

Eukaryotic or
prokaryotic prokaryotic eukaryotic eukaryotic eukaryotic eukaryotic
Prokaryotic?

Description of cell cell walls made of most have cell walls some have cell cell walls made cell walls made no cell wall
lacking
wall if any. peptidoglycans peptidoglycans walls of chitin of cellulose present

Heterotrophic, all
heterotrophic and all
photoautotrophic, or all three all three heterotrophic photoautotrophic all heterotrophic
photoautotrophic
chemoautotrophic?
asexually through asexually through
Sexual reproduction, binary fission, can binary fission, can mostly sexual
asexual reproduction perform conjugation perform conjugation both both both reproduction
to exchange genetic to exchange genetic
or both? material material

Unicellular, most are all multicellular all multicellular

all unicellular all unicellular both
multicellular or both? multicellular

Terrestrial, aquatic live in extreme most live in moist most live in most live in
both terrestrial and aquatic both
or both? Special Habitats? or aquatic habitats terrestrial habitats terrestrial habitats
environments

Approx. how many species

> 10 000 > 400 > 100 000 > 100 000 > 250 000 > 1.2 million
currently described?

E. coli, salmonella, thermophiles, mosses, ferns, insects, birds, reptiles,

Provide at least nitrogen-fixing
amoeba, ciliates, alga, mushrooms, yeasts,
flowering plants, mammals, fish,
halophiles, kelps, slime moulds moulds
three examples. bacteria methanogens conifers amphibians

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