1. 1 Eubacteria Phyla

2. 2 Kingdom Monera Phylum Actinobacteria Common Name none Habitat Soil, aquatic & organisms Nutrition heterotrophic Special Structures Rod-shaped or filaments Reproduction binary fission Economic/Biological Importance leprosy, tuberculosis; makes antibiotic streptomycin, part of nitrogen cycle, decomposer Examples Mycobacteria tuberculosis, Streptomyces griseus

3. 3 Kingdom Monera Phylum Omnibacteria Common Name none Habitat water & organisms Nutrition heterotrophic Special Structures Rod or comma-shaped, live w/oxygen or w/o oxygen Reproduction binary fission Economic/Biological Importance food poisoning, meningitis, STDs (gonorrhea) Examples Escherichia coli, Salmonella typhi

4. 4 Kingdom Monera Phylum Spirochaetae Common Name spirochetes Habitat Fresh/marine water & organisms Nutrition heterotrophic Special Structures Spiral-shaped (coiled spring) Reproduction binary fission Economic/Biological Importance help termites digest wood, some diseases in humans (syphilis) Examples Trepenoma pallidum, Leptospira icterohaemorrhagiae

5. 5 Kingdom Monera Phylum Cyanobacteria Common Name blue-green bacteria Habitat Soil, water & organisms Nutrition autotrophic Special Structures Blue-colored pigment, chains of single cells Reproduction binary fission Economic/Biological Importance Decomposers, part of nitrogen cycle Examples Nostoc parmaloides, Anabaena subcylindrica

6. 6 Archaebacteria Phyla

7. 7 Kingdom Monera Phylum Aphragmabacteria Common Name thermoacidophiles Habitat water (hot springs) & organisms Nutrition autotrophic/heterotrophic Special Structures Irregular shape or blobs Reproduction binary fission Economic/Biological Importance Pneumonia in domesticated animals, humans Examples Mycoplasma pneumoniae, Thermoplasma acidophilum

8. 8 Kingdom Monera Phylum Halobacteria Common Name halophiles Habitat Soil (salty), water (salty) Nutrition autotrophic Special Structures Rod-shaped or cocci-shaped, move by flagella Reproduction binary fission Economic/Biological Importance none Examples Halobacterium halobium, Halobacterium salinarium

9. 9 Kingdom Monera Phylum Methanocreatices Common Name methanogens Habitat Sewage, swamps, cow stomachs Nutrition autotrophic/heterotrophic Special Structures Cocci, bacilli, spirilla; flagella or immobile Reproduction binary fission Economic/Biological Importance Decomposers, produces methane gas Examples Methanobacillus melianski