WHAT IS PROKARYOTIC CELLS?

 Prokaryotic cells are cells that do not

have a true nucleus or membrane-bound
organelles. Organisms within the domains
BACTERIA and ARCHAEA have prokaryotic
cells, while other forms of life are
eukaryotic. However, organisms with
prokaryotic cells are abundant and make
up much of Earth’s biomass
EXAMPLE OF PROKARYOTIC CELLS
 BACTERIA CELLS – It is a gel matrix
composed of water, enzymes, nutrients,
wastes, and gases and contains cell
structures such as ribosomes, a
chromosome, and plasmids. The cell
envelope encases the cytoplasm and all its
components. Unlike the eukaryotic (true)
cells, bacteria do not have a membrane
enclosed nucleus.
WHAT IS EUKARYOTIC CELLS?
Eukaryoic Cell - are cells that contain
a nucleus and organelles and are
enclosed by a plasma membrane.
Organisms that have eukaryotic cells
inculde protozoa, fungi, plants and
animals
EXAMPLE OF EUKARYOTIC CELLS
 The Animal cell-is surrounded by a semi-
permeable cell membrane. The cell membrane
allows only specific materials to move in and
out of the cell. The different parts of
the cell are called organelles. Nucleus,
Mitochondria, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Golgi
Apparatus, Lysosomes.
THE PLANT CELL
 Plant cells are eukaryotic cells present in green plants,
photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae.
Their distinctive features include primary cell walls
containing cellulose, hemicelluloses and pectin, the
presence of plastids with the capability to perform
photosynthesis and store starch, a large vacuole that
regulates turgor pressure, the absence
of flagella or centrioles, except in the gametes, and a
unique method of cell division involving the formation
of a cell plate or phragmoplast that separates the new
daughter cells.
FUNGI CELL
 Fungal cell walls are rigid and contain
complex polysaccharides called chitin (adds
structural strength) and glucans. Fungi can
be unicellular , multicellular, or dimorpic,
which is when the fungi is unicellular or
multicellular depending on environmental
conditions.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
EUKARYOTIC AND PROKARYOTIC CELLS?
 The defining characteristic feature that distinguishes
between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell is the nucleus.
In prokaryotic cells, the true nucleus is absent,
moreover, membrane-bound organelles are present
only in eukaryotic cells.
 Other major differences between prokaryotic and
eukaryotic a cells are that prokaryotic are exclusivelsy
unicellular, while the same does not apply for
eukaryotic cells.