Three Domains
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The Three Domains of Life include the Archaea, including the halophiles, methanogens, and thermophiles, the Eubacteria, including gram-positive and gram-negative bacteria, and cyanobacteria, and the Eukarota, including protists, plants, animals, and fungi.
two kingdoms | five kingdoms | three domains and who knows how many "kingdoms" | |
Animalia | Animalia | Eukarya | Animalia |
Plantae | Fungi | Fungi | |
Plantae | Plantae | ||
either Protozoa (=Animal) or Algae (=Plant) | Protoctista | Alveolata | |
Stramenopiles | |||
etc... | |||
Sporozoa | |||
Mycetozoa | |||
Euglenozoa | |||
etc... | |||
Archezoa | |||
Plant (bacteria and blue-green algae) | Monera | Eubacteria | (kingdoms not specified) |
Archaea | Euryarchaeota
Crenarchaeota |