Procaryotae

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Procaryotae /Pro·caryo·tae/ (pro-kar″e-o´te) former name for Monera.

Procaryotae

[prōker′ē·ō′tē]

(in bacteriology) a kingdom of bacteria, viruses, and blue-green algae that includes all microorganisms in which the nucleoplasm has no basic protein and is not surrounded by a nuclear membrane. The kingdom has two divisions: Cyanobacteria, which includes the blue-green bacteria, and bacteria. Also called Monera. See also procaryocyte.

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