METROPOLITAN INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY

NAME: LOMURIA GODFREY MANDELA

COURSE: DCM
REGISTRATION NUMBER: 23B/ DCM/ 012/ UMR
COURSE UNIT: MICROBIOLOGY
PROGRAMME: WEEKEND
LECTURER’S NAME: DR. JOSEPH

Question.
Differentiate between eukaryotic cells and prokaryotic cells.

ANSWERS
EUKARYOTIC CELLS PROKARYOTIC CELLS

 Unicellular and multicellular  Unicellular

 Have nucleus  No nucleus

 Have larger cells  Have smaller cells

 Cell division is by mitosis  Cell division is by binary fission

 Both asexual through mitosis and sexually  Reproduction is asexual

through meiosis and gametes fusion
 It’s found in animals and plants  It’s found in bacteria and archaea

 Have mitochondria  Has no mitochondria

 Have larger ribosomes  Has small ribosomes

 Have endoplasmic reticulum  Has no endoplasmic reticulum

 Have cell organelles  Has no cell organelles