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Prokaryotic cells have ribosomes, plasmids, cytoplasm, plasma membrane, cell wall, and a nucleoid. They do not have a membrane-bound nucleus like Eukaryotes do.

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A prokaryotic cell lacks a distinct nucleus and membrane-bound organelles, such as mitochondria or endoplasmic reticulum. The DNA in a prokaryotic cell is typically circular and located in a region called the nucleoid. Prokaryotic cells are usually smaller and simpler in structure compared to eukaryotic cells.

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A cell lacking a membrane-bounded nucleus or membrane-bounded organelles. Prokaryotic cells are thus more primitive than eukaryotic cells, which evolved from them. A prokaryotic organism, such as a bacterium, consists of single prokaryotic cell.

A general prokaryotic cell can be considered to have three architectural regions, though not all the components are always present:

  • a cell envelope consisting of a capsule, a cell wall, and a cell membrane
  • a cytoplasmic region that contains the cell genome (DNA), ribosomes, and various sorts of inclusions
  • appendages, sometimes present, called flagella and pili

In a prokaryotic cell, most of the functions of organelles, such as mitochondria, chloroplasts, and the Golgi apparatus, are taken over by the prokaryotic cell membrane.

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Prokaryotic cells are organisms that don't have a well defined nucleus. Eukaryotic cells are organisms that have a well defined nucleus.

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A cell with no nucleus.

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