What Is the Difference Between Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells?

BY Team Aakash Byjus

Cell

Cell Definition: The fundamental and organizational unit of all living organisms is known as the cell. Cells are grouped into two types. They are prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells.

Prokaryotic Cell

What is a Prokaryotic cell: The cell that does not possess a membrane-bound nucleus or a cell without a distinct nucleus. Example: Bacteria, Cyanobacteria and Blue-green algae.

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Eukaryotic cell

What is a Eukaryotic cell: The cell that possesses a membrane-bound nucleus or a cell with a distinct nucleus. Example: Plant cell and animal cell.

Prokaryotic cells are ancient cells, whereas eukaryotic cells evolved from prokaryotic cells around 2.7 billion years ago.

Differences Between Prokaryotic cell and Eukaryotic cell

Prokaryotic cells are smaller than eukaryotic cells.

Prokaryotic cells are simple in structure, while eukaryotic cells are complex in structure.

In prokaryotic cells, the nuclear membrane is absent, but in eukaryotic cells nuclear membrane is present.

In prokaryotic cells, all cell organelles except ribosomes are absent, but all cell organelles are present in a eukaryotic cell.

In prokaryotic cells, 70s type ribosomes are present, but in eukaryotic cells, 80s type ribosomes are present.

Only one chromosome is present in prokaryotic cells, but in eukaryotic cells, more than one chromosome is present.

In prokaryotic cells, cell division occurs by splitting, but in eukaryotic cells, cell division occurs by mitosis and meiosis.