Question

Mitotic apparatus is absent in

• A. Green algae
• B. Fungi
• C. Bacteria
• D. Higher plants

Answer 1

The correct option is C Bacteria

Bacteria is a prokaryotic unicellular organisms. Mitotic apparatus like the centrioles are absent in bacteria. In bacteria, cell division is amitotic. Amitosis is the process which majorly takes in the lower organisms. In amitosis, the chromatin fibres do not condense. In this, cell division takes place simply by cleavage of the nucleus and division of the cytoplasm with no spindle formation.

Thus, the correct answer is 'Bacteria.'