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| style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[diagram]] showing an [[E.coli]] [[bacteria|bacterium]] which is a '''prokaryote'''. | | style="height:20px; width:200px; text-align:center;" |A [[diagram]] showing an [[E.coli]] [[bacteria|bacterium]] which is a '''prokaryote'''. | ||
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| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782946381/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782946381&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=5ec5fc3f6429e30c1d9ab9bca2bccf93 ''Prokaryotic cells, page 23, GCSE Combined Science Trilogy; Biology, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
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| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1782945954/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1782945954&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=100574c08fbbb64318256eb79ed61a76 ''Prokaryotic cells, pages 23, 38, GCSE Biology, CGP, AQA ''] | ||
| + | :[https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0198359373/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0198359373&linkCode=as2&tag=nrjc-21&linkId=952a73bbb09d222ecc4b50d200679849 ''Prokaryotic cells, pages 8-9, GCSE Biology; Third Edition, Oxford University Press, AQA ''] | ||
Revision as of 22:43, 10 November 2019
Contents
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A prokaryotic cell is a simple cell which contains no membrane bound organelles.
About Prokaryotic Cells
- Prokaryotic cells include bacteria and some types of algae.
- Prokaryotic cells have a loop of DNA floating freely in the cytoplasm.
- Prokaryotic cells have no nucleus, mitochondria or chloroplasts.
- Prokaryotic cells are usually much smaller than eukaryotic cells.
- In the three domain system prokaryotes include both bacteria and archaea.
Examples
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| A diagram showing an E.coli bacterium which is a prokaryote. |