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Plant pathoglogy Dr. JI chunyan（10/10/2008） The scope of microbiology Microorganisms are usually divided into six subgroups: bacteria, archaea, algae, fungi, protozoa, and viruses. These subgroups are not closely related. Only a single property links them-their small size. Microbiology is a cohesive science because of the methods it uses and approaches it takes to problems, not because of the relatedness of the organisms it studies. A primary distinction among the subgroups is cell structure. Bacteria and archaea are prokaryotes (meaning “before a nucleus”). Their cells lack internal membra