Genes are packaged into a bacterial chromosome by basic proteins.

The DNA is not dispersed throughout the cell, although bacteria lack a distinct nucleus. The negatively charged DNA of bacteria is bound together with some proteins that have positive charges in a structure known as a nucleoid.

Bacteria are prokaryotes and lack membrane-bound organelles like the Golgi apparatus and mitochondria. They lack a true nucleus as well. They possess a nucleoid, which lacks a nuclear envelope. Basic proteins called histones are present in eukaryotic cells. But, these proteins aren’t present in bacterial cells. A bacterial genome, on the other hand, is made of acidic circular DNA. This bacterial DNA is compressed using polyamines and RNA. The latter exhibit fundamental protein behaviour.

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