Animal Biotechnology

Differences between Prokaryote and Eukaryote

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN PROKARYOTES AND EUKARYOTES

S. No.	Components	Prokaryote	Eukaryote
1	Nuclear envelope	Absent	Present
2	DNA	Naked	Combined with proteins
3	Chromosomes	Single	Multiple
4	Nucleolus	Absent	Present
5	Division	Amitosis	Mitosis
6	Ribosomes	70 S (50S + 30 S)	80 S (60 S + 40 S)
7	Endomembranes	Absent	Present
8	Mitochondria	Respiratory and Photosynthetic Enzymes in the plasma membrane	Present
9	Chloroplast	Absent	Present in plant cells
10	Cell wall	Non-cellulosic	Cellulosic only in plants
11	Exocytosis & Endocytosis	Absent	Present
12	Locomotion	Single, fibril, flagellum	Cilia and Flagella