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Are all prokaryotes single celled?


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Prokaryotes:

  1. Prokaryotes are simple organisms that lack membrane-bound organelles.
  2. Single-celled organisms consist of only one cell. They are also known as unicellular organisms.
  3. All prokaryotes are single-celled. Example: bacteria.
  4. They possess a ‘nucleoid’ instead of a true nucleus. Nucleoid is an irregular-shaped region of the cell that contains circular DNA.

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