Prokaryotes

• Any of the typically unicellular microorganisms

  Prokaryotes
• Examples of prokaryotes

  Archaea

  Bacteria
• an irregularly shaped region within the prokaryotic cell that contains all or most of the genetic material

  Nucleoid
• Structure of bacteria

  spirillum

  spirochete

  coccus

  bacillus
• Capsule


  Slime layer a. Desication b. Bacteriophages C. Cover d. Adhesion
• cell wall


  tougher middle layer
• cell membrane


  delicate inner skin
• cytoplasm


  inner liquid filling
• Nucleoid


  DNA in one big loop
• flagella


  for swimming
• ribosomes


  for building proteins
• Pilus


  hair-like hollow attachment present on the surface of the bacteria
• Mesosomes


  extension of the cell membrane
• Fimbrae


  helps in attachment to the surface and other bacteria