Please enable JavaScript.
Coggle requires JavaScript to display documents.
Prokaryotes and Viruses - Coggle Diagram
Prokaryotes and Viruses
Structure
No membrane bound organelles
No chloroplasts
DNA found as plasmids
Smaller ribosomes
DNA isn't protein associated
Murein cell wall
No true nucleus
May have capsule
Roles of organelles
Cell wall
Physical barrier
Ecludes certain substances
Protects against mechanical damage and osmotic lysis
Capsule
Protects bacterium
Allow bacteria to tick together
Membrane
Controls entry and exit
Circular DNA
Replicator genetic material
Plasmid
Genes that aid survival
Viruses
Contain DNA and RNA
Require host to multiply
20 - 300 nm
Acellular non-living
Coted in capsid/envelope
Has receptor sites for cell recognition