Meaning of KINGDOM MONERA

WordNet Dictionary
	Definition:		[n]  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
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	Synonyms:		Monera
	See Also:		division Archaebacteria, division Eubacteria, family Lactobacillaceae, family Lactobacteriaceae, kingdom, Lactobacillaceae, Lactobacteriaceae, moneran, moneron, phylum Pyrrophyta, Pyrrophyta
Biology Dictionary
	Definition:		This biological kingdom is composed of bacteria and cyanobacteria, one-celled (sometimes colonial) organisms whose cells lack a nuclear envelope, mitochondria, or plastids. They reproduce asexually through fission (splitting in two) and mainly gain their nutrition by absorbing it from their environment (though some species are chemoautotrophs or photosynthetic). This is the most primitive of the five kingdoms; it encompasses all the bacteria. Monerans are single-celled prokaryotic organisms.