Some prokaryotes, such as planctomycetes, exhibit phagocytosis-like behaviors, challenging the assumption that cellular engulfment was unique to early eukaryotes.3 This discovery implies that ...

Their cell structure is simpler than the cells of animals, plants and fungi. Cells of animals, plants and fungi are called eukaryotic cells ... . Cells of bacteria are called prokaryotic cells ... .

Original Article Open access Published: 17 October 2014 Oceanographic structure drives the assembly processes of microbial eukaryotic communities Adam Monier, Jérôme Comte, Marcel Babin ...