UNIT 2 PROKARYOTE VS. EUKARYOTE Flashcards
Eukaryotes
Motility
Flagella, Cilia,
Pseudopod
Prokaryotes
Nuclear Body
Nucleoid in the
cytosol
Eukaryotes
Cell Division
Mitosis
Prokaryotes
Site of Energy
Production
Cytoplasmic
Membrane (ETC
Prokaryotes
Cell Division
Binary Fission
Prokaryotes
Extrachromosomal Circular DNA
Plasmids,
Transposons,
Episomes
Eukaryotes
Genome
Multiple, linear DNA;
In the nucleus
Eukaryotes
Cell Wall
ABSENT (except in
Fungi and Plants)
Prokaryotes
Cytoplasmic
membrane
PRESENT
(phospholipids and
protein)
Eukaryotes
Nuclear Body
Enclosed in a
membrane
Prokaryotes
Ploidy
Haploid (one set of
genetic material)
Prokaryotes
Motility
Flagella
Eukaryotes
Cell
Organelles
PRESENT
Prokaryotes
Typical Size
0.4 -2 um
Eukaryotes
Typical Size
10-100 um
Eukaryotes
Reproduction
Sexual and Asexual
Prokaryotes
Site of Protein
Synthesis
Size
Free Ribosomes
Ribosomes
(70S - 50S and 30S)
Eukaryotes
Site of Protein
Synthesis
Size
Rough ER
Ribosomes
(80s - 60S and 40S)
Prokaryotes
Genome
Single,Circular
dsDNA; In the
nucleoid,
mesosome
Prokaryotes
DNA and RNA
PRESENT
Circular DNA
Ribosomal RNA
Prokaryotes
Cell
Organelles
ABSENT
Eukaryotes
Cytoplasmic
membrane
PRESENT
(phospholipids and
sterols)
Prokaryotes
Cell Wall
PRESENT (except
in Mycoplasma and
Ureaplasma)
Eukaryotes
DNA and RNA
PRESENT
Linear DNA
RNA