Are bacteria invertebrates?

In its simplest terms, invertebrates are creatures without spinal columns (or something resembling one). So yeah, I guess you could say bacteria are invertebrates simply off of that.


But vertebrate/invertebrate is a method of breaking up different categories in the animal kingdom, not so much for categorizing bacteria.


It's like saying.. this bacterium has a cell wall. Plants have cell walls. Therefore this bacterium is a plant.

Are bacteria invertebrates?
if you want to argu the point, then maybe


but


NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:No, bacteria are in their own Kingdom.
Reply:No. Bacteria are in a separate branch of the tree of life and not considered animals. Invertebrates are animals without vertebrae (spinal column, notochord, etc)
Reply:Of course they are. They have no vertebral column, and by virtue of that itself they become invertebrates. Besides, they arent even higher organisms, so the question doesnt even arise.
Reply:I aint never seen no spine in a bacteria ! Thats crazy.. I wanna meet this bacteria!
Reply:The bacteria are classed differently from both vertebrates and invertebrate species. they are neither

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