Table of Contents

List of Contributors.

Preface.

Introduction.

PART I: SUPERKINGDOM PROKARYA.

1. Kingdom Bacteria (M.J. Chapman, L. Margulis, D. Sagan).

PART II: SUPERKINGDOM EUKARYA.

2. Kingdom Protoctista (M.J. Chapman, L. Margulis, D. Sagan).

3. Kingdom Fungi (K.A. Pirozynski).

4. Kingdom Plantae (A. Hemsley).

5. Kingdom Animalia (R.S.K. Barnes).

6. Further Sources of Information.

Index to Groups of Organisms.

About the Author

R. S. K. Barnes is the editor of The Diversity of Living Organisms, published by Wiley.