differences between eukaryotes and prokaryotes

Character	Prokaryotes	Eukaryotes
Presence of nucleus	Typical nucleus is absent , Nucleoid is found	Nucleus present with double membrane bound organelle
Mitochondria	Absent	Present
Ribosomes	Usually 70 S type is found	80 S type ribosomes are found
DNA shape	Circular	Linear in shape
Cell wall	Made up of Peptidoglycan and mucopeptides	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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