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why prokaryotes are considered as living as they do not have membrane bound organelles?

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Dear Harsh, I did not say prokaryotes are non-living. They are primitive. They have nucleic acid present in them in nucleoid ( nucleus without membrane). Also, primitive organelles are there to support their life processes. Hence, they are living.

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