Prokaryotic Cell Vs Eukaryotic Cell- 24 Key Major Differences

Prokaryotic Vs Eukaryotic Cells

1. Prokaryotic cells (without nucleus)

Example of prokaryotes includes- Bacteria and Archaea.

Know here the structure and function of prokaryotic cells.

2. Eukaryotic cells (eu- true, karyotes- nucleus)

Plants, animals, fungi, protozoa, and algae are all eukaryotic.

 

Know here the structure and function of eukaryotic cells.

Prokaryotes are simple single-celled organisms and eukaryotes can be either single-celled or multicellular organisms.

Prokaryotic Vs Eukaryotic Cells

The main difference between prokaryotic cells and Eukaryotic cells are - 

Parameter	Prokaryotic cell	Eukaryotic cell
1.  Cell Size	Small (0.1-5.0 micrometer)	Large (10-100 micrometer)
2. Organization	Simple	Complex
3. Boundary	Cell membrane and cell wall	Cell membrane, Cell wall (plant cell)
4. Nucleus	False	True
5. Nucleolus	Absent	Present
6. Histone	Absent	Present
7. Ribosome	70s	80s
8. Mitochondria	Absent	Present
9. Golgi Bodies	Absent	Present
10. Endoplasmic Reticulum	Absent	Present
11. Lysosome	Absent	Present
12. Cell Division	Binary fission	Mitosis and meiosis
13. Reproduction	Asexual	Sexual
14. Site of Replication	Cytoplasm	Nucleus
15. Example	Bacteria, Blue-green algae (cyanobacteria), Archaea	Protozoa, Fungi, Animal And Plant cell
16. Mesosome	Present	Absent
17. Cytoskeleton	Lack of cytoskeleton (Absent)	Cytoskeleton (actin, microtubules) Present
18. Membrane-Enclosed Organelles	Absent	Present, examples include- lysosome, Golgi complex, ER, Mitochondria, and chloroplast (plant cell)
19. Cell Envelope (Capsule)	Present	Absent
20. DNA Structure	A single circular chromosome is present	Multiple linear chromosomes in the Nucleus are present
21. Flagella	Simple flagella present responsible for rotator movement	Complex flagella present and responsible for whipping movement
22. Cilia	Absent but fimbriae are present	Present in some cells
23. Pili	Present	Absent
24. Cell structure	Unicellular	Mostly multicellular; some unicellular

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