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Microbes are tiny little creatures, invisible to naked eyes. Initial taxonomical classification broadly categorised bacteria under the animal and plant kingdoms. However, currently, bacteria are placed under a separate kingdom called Protista. The kingdom Protista mainly comprises Eukaryotes and Prokaryotes. Organisms such as fungi, protozoa, algae (other than blue-green algae) and slime moulds are included in Eukaryotes, whereas bacteria and blue-green algae belong to Prokaryotes.
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Parija, S.C. (2023). Introduction to Bacteriology. In: Textbook of Microbiology and Immunology. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-3315-8_22
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