Prokaryotic cellslackmembrane-boundorganelles and have theirgeneticmaterialorganized as a singlecircularDNAmolecule.
Eukaryotic cellscontainmembrane-boundorganelles and have linearchromosomeswithinanucleus.
Prokaryotes lack a truenucleus and theirgeneticmaterial is notenclosed by a membrane.
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.