Biodiversity Six

Kingdoms

By: Hannah Williams

Archaebacteria

Single celled; lack cell nuclei; reproduce by dividing in half; often found
in harsh environments.

Methanogens Halophiles
Methanogens are
microorganisms Halophiles are
that produce organisms that
methane as a thrive in high salt
metabolic concentrations.
byproduct in anoxic They are a type of
conditions. extremophile
organisms.
 Eubacteria
Single celled that lacks cell nuclei; reproduces by dividing in half.

Streptococci Proteobacteria

a bacterium of a genus Common in soil and in

that includes the agents animal
of souring of milk and intestineinclude a
dental decay, and wide variety of
hemolytic pathogens pathogens, such as
causing various Escherichia,
infections such as Salmonella, Vibrio,
scarlet fever and Helicobacter, and
pneumonia. many other notable
genera.s.
 Fungi
Absorbs food through their body surface;has cell walls, most live on land.
Pink Waxcap (Porpolomopsis calyptriformis) Honey Mushroom
The gills are pinkish to
whitish . The stem is
long and delicate, and
often becomes split
lengthwise. The flesh of
the pink waxcap is also
fragile and pinkish. The
generic name Hygrocybe
means 'moist head.
Honey fungus, or Armillaria
is a genus of parasitic fungi
that live on trees and
woody shrubs. It includes
about 10 species formerly
lumped together as A.
mellea. Armillarias are long
lived and form some of the
largest living organisms in
the world
 Protists

The members of an informal grouping of diverse eukaryotic, organisms that are not animals, plants or fungi.

Trypanosoma brucei
Plasmodium malariae African
Plasmodium malariae is
a parasitic protozoa trypanosomiasis, or
that causes malaria in sleeping sickness, is
humans. It is one of caused by Trypanosoma
several species of brucei parasites in
Plasmodium parasites sub-Saharan Africa and
that infect humans is transmitted by the
tsetse fly
 Plants
Has many cells, makes their own food by photosynthesis, and has cells walls

Paper Birch
Daisies

young stems have A Daisy flower is

golden to reddish composed of white
brown in their color. petals and a yellow
grows on a wide range center, although the
of soils, it thrives flower can sometimes
have a pink or rose
along lakes, streams,
color. Daisies are not
and swamps, and made of just one
maintains itself on the flower. ADaisy is made
higher slopes of our up of two types of
mountains flowers - disk florets
and petal-like white ray
florets.
 Animals
The animal kingdom is the largest kingdom with over 1 million known species. All animals consist of many
complex cells. They are also heterotrophs.

Polar Bear
Tiger
The polar bear is a
carnivorous bear
the largest cat species,
whose native range lies
most recognisable for
largely within the
their pattern of dark
Arctic Circle. The
vertical stripes on
polar bear is the
reddish-orange fur with
largest land carnivore.
a lighter underside.
Male polar bears grow
two to three times the
size of females.