Question: what are some distinguishing characteristics of monera?
Answer: The Monerans are unicellular organisms.
They contain 70S ribosomes.
The DNA is naked and is not bound by a nuclear membrane.
It lacks organelles like mitochondria, lysosomes, plastids, Golgi bodies, endoplasmic reticulum, centrosome, etc.
They reproduce asexually by binary fission or budding.