eukaryotes and prokaryotes

Cards (4)

  • How is the DNA found in bacteria?
    In a circular strand of DNA in the cytoplasm, and also in rings called plasmids
  • What subcellular structures do bacteria not have?
    chloroplasts, mitochondria, nucleus
  • Plant and animal cells (eukaryotic cells) have a cell membrane, cytoplasm and genetic material enclosed in a nucleus.
  • Bacterial cells (prokaryotic cells) are much smaller in comparison. They have cytoplasm and a cell membrane surrounded by a cell wall. The genetic material is not enclosed in a nucleus. It is a single DNA loop and there may be one or more small rings of DNA called plasmids