1.0x Prokaryotes
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Status: #developing
Prokaryotes
Properties of Prokaryotes
- Mainly unicellular
- Size: 1-10
- Does not have a membrane-bound nucleus
- Genetic material found in nucleoid
- 3 Shapes:
- Coccus (Spherical)
- Bacillus (Rod)
- Spirillium (spirals)
- Chromosomes
- Large circular DNA, defines the organism
- Plasmids
- Small circular DNA that provides extra information for an organism
- Reproduction:
- Binary Fission (Asexual)
- May sexually reproduce through conjugation
- Exchange of DNA (Induce by plasmid)*
- Organelle Behaviour
- Not membrane bound organelles