Write the characteristics of prokaryotic cell.
The characteristics of prokaryotic cells are:
- Membrane bound cell organelles such as Mitochondria, Golgi apparatus, Chloroplasts are absent.
- A membrane bound well defined nucleus is absent.
- Genetic material is circular DNA and occurs naked in the cell cytoplasm. It is attached to the cell membrane and called nucleoid.
- The cell size ranges from 0.1 to 5.0 micrometre in size.
- The cell wall is a rigid structure which is made up of polysaccharides.