Bacterial cells close bacterial cell A microscopic individual cell of a bacterium. have a more simple structure compared to animal, plant and fungal cells and are usually much smaller.

Eukaryotic cells also contain a variety of structures and organelles not present in prokaryotic cells. Throughout the course of evolution, organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts (a form ...

Table 1 below provides an overview of the key features of a prokaryotic cell: Table 1. The structure and function of key prokaryotic cell structures. Prokaryotes have ribosomes but they are smaller ...