Zusammenfassung der Ressource
Prokaryotes
- Two domains
- Bacteria
- Archaea
- What are prokaryotes?
- A group of organisms that lack a cell nucleus or other
membrane bound organelles
- Characteristic
- Size
- 0.2 to 2.0 micrometer in diameter & 2 to 8 micrometer in length
- Basic shapes
- Coccus
- Bacillus
- Spiral
- Arrangement
- Diplococci, staphylococci & streptococci
- Diplobacilli & streptobacilli
- Vibrio, spirillum & spirochetes
- Intracellular structures
- Plasma membrane
- Phospholipid bilayer with proteins embedded
in and attached to the inner and outer
surfaces
- Cytoplasm
- substances of the cell inside the plasma membrane
- Nuclear area
- Single long circular molecule of double-stranded DNA
- Ribosomes
- Sites of protein synthesis
- Inclusions
- Reserve deposits
- Can serve as a basis of identification
- Endospores
- Resting structure formed by some
bacteria for survival during adverse
environmental conditions