Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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In this video we look at domains and kingdoms in classification. First we explore the features of the five kingdoms: prokaryotes, animals, plants, fungi and protoctista. We then explore the three domain, six kingdom system developed by Carl Woese.

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Clownfish
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Nick Hobgood, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Geranium
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Dominicus Johannes Bergsma, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Bacillus cereus
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Mogana Das Murtey and Patchamuthu Ramasamy, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Fungi
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Fungi, Belfast by Albert Bridge, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Amoeba
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Dalinda Bouraoui CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en

E. coli
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IDKlab, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0


Mycobacterium tuberculosis
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NIAID, CC BY 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0

Mountain gorilla
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Charles J. Sharp, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0


Honey bee
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John Severns (Severnjc), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Helix pomatia
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I, Pinky sl, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Cilia
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Charles Daghlian, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sponge
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Yoruno, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Red moss
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Vaelta CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Fern
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Rror, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Shoe flower
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Vijai Kumar K, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Venus fly trap
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Mnolf, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Ginkgo biloba
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Björn S..., CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Fungus that causes dandruff
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AJC1 from UK, CC BY-SA 2.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0

Tomato with fungus
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Talita Oliveira, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0

Hyphae
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Tobi Kellner, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0

Giardia
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CDC/ Dr. Stan Erlandsen, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Acanthamoeba
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Jacob Lorenzo-Morales, Naveed A. Khan and Julia Walochnik, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Euglena
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David Shykind, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Amoeba spreading
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Berkshire Community College Bioscience Image Library, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Scientists processing DNA sequences
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Karolina Fok, CC BY 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Hot spring
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Archaea
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Maulucioni, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0