Kingdom 1 : Monera

Kingdom 1 : Monera
Activity : Take a small drop of curd or
buttermilk on a clean glass slide. Dilute
it with a little water. Carefully keep a
cover slip. Observe it under high power of
compound microscope. What did you see ?
Moving, small rod-like microbes are
lactobacilli bacteria.
All type of bacteria and blue green algae
are included in the kingdom Monera.
Characteristics :
1. All the organisms are unicellular.
2. They may be autotrophic or heterotrophic.
3. These are prokaryotic cells without distinct
nucleus or cell organelles
Kingdom 2. Protista
Activity : Prepare a temporary mount of
one drop of pond water on a glass slide.
Observe it under low power and high power
of microscope. You will find some motile
microbes with irregular shape. These are
amoebae.
Characteristic :
1. Protista are single celled organisms with
well defined nucleus enclosed in a nuclear
membrane.
2. They have pseudopodia or hair like cilia
or whip like flagella for locomotion.
3. Autotrophs- eg. Euglena, Volvox contain
chloroplast.
Heterotrophs- eg. Amoeba, Paramoecium
Kingdom 3. Fungi
Activity : Take a moist piece of bread or
bhakri and keep it in a container with lid for
2-3 days. After 2-3 days a fine cotton thread
like tuft is found growing on the surface of
the bread. Prepare a temporary mount of
few threads from this culture and observe it
under the microscope.