monera (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *Monera*:
NOUN	animal	Monera, kingdom Monera, Prokayotae, kingdom Prokaryotae	prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens

English > *Monera*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae and various primitive pathogens; because of lack of consensus on how to divide the organisms into phyla informal names are used for the major divisions.
Synonyms	kingdom Monera, Prokayotae, kingdom Prokaryotae
Members	Lactobacillaceae, family Lactobacillaceae, Lactobacteriaceae, family Lactobacteriaceae	lactic acid bacteria and important pathogens
	Pyrrophyta, phylum Pyrrophyta	A division of lower plants comprising unicellular and biflagellate algae that form starchy compounds
	division Archaebacteria	In some classifications considered a kingdom
	division Eubacteria	one-celled monerans having simple cells with rigid walls and (in motile types) flagella
	moneran, moneron	organisms that typically reproduce by asexual budding or fission and whose nutritional mode is absorption or photosynthesis or chemosynthesis
Broader	kingdom	The highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped
Spanish	reino monera
Catalan	Monera
Adjectives	moneran	of or relating to the Monera

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