Character
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Prokaryotes
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Eukaryotes
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Presence of nucleus
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Typical nucleus is absent , Nucleoid is found
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Nucleus present with double membrane bound organelle
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Mitochondria
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Absent
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Present
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Ribosomes
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Usually 70 S type is found
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80 S type ribosomes are found
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DNA shape
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Circular
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Linear in shape
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Cell wall
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Made up of Peptidoglycan and mucopeptides
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Cell wall made up of cellulose , peptidoglycan usually absent
Occurrence of plasmids
Commonly found
rare
Mesosomes
Commonly found in prokaryotes
Not found in eukaryotes
Site of Transcription and Translation
Transcription and translation occurs in the cytoplasm
Transcription occurs inside nucleus and translation in the cytoplasm
Number of Chromosomes
Each cell will have one chromosome only
Variable number of chromosomes
Examples
Bacteria and Blue green Algae
Plants , Animals , fungi except bacteria and blue green algae
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