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Monera
Monera is a kingdom of unicellular organisms that do not contain a nucleus. Most of the species in this kingdom are bacteria.
Here is where you can learn about different monera of the kingdom. You can see what we have information on by checking the list on the right.
Cyanobacteria
Cyanobacteria is more commonly known as "blue-green algae", and it wasn't initially put into the moneran kingdom. It had the ability to conduct photosynthesis like other algae, and was temporarily in the plant kingdom. Later scientists discovered that cyanobacteria was prokaryotic whereas regular algae is eukaryotic, and decided to slip it into the moneran kingdom because it had not contained a nucleus. Cyanobacteria has helped us a little, as it produces oxygen as a gas as a by-product of its photosynthesis. Unfortunately, this ended up leading to the near-extinction of many oxygen-intolerant organisms. It harms us in a way as well, since it is highly toxic.
Archaea
Archaea are single-celled microorganisms. Like all monera, archaea are prokaryotic and have no nucleus. At first, archaea had been viewed as extremophiles that live in harsh environments like hot springs and salt lakes, but since then they have been noticed in a variation of habitats, such as oceans and marshlands... even the human colon and navel! The archaea in plankton may be one of the most abundant groups of organisms on the entire planet.
