Organisms Missing from Five Kingdom Classification — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptIn the five kingdom classification of Whittaker there is no mention of lichens and some acellular organisms like viruses, viroids and prions. These are briefly introduced here.
Which of the above statements are correct concerning Whittaker’s Five Kingdom Classification? S1: Whittaker's Five Kingdom Classification included Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. S2: The primary criteria for Whittaker's classification were cell structure, body organisation, mode of nutrition, reproduction, and phylogenetic relationships. S3: Viruses, viroids, and prions were explicitly categorized under a separate kingdom in Whittaker's system due to their acellular nature. S4: This system unified prokaryotic bacteria and blue-green algae under Monera, and unicellular eukaryotes under Protista. S5: Fungi were placed in a separate kingdom due to their distinct cell wall composition (chitin) compared to green plants (cellulose).
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