BIOL 1002 Chapter : BIOL 1002 Chapter 19 Notes Only

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Earth"s first organisms were prokaryotes, single-celled microbes that lacked organelles. Prokaryotes are still abundant, forming two of life"s three domains. Bacteria have peptidoglycan in their cell walls; archaea don"t. There are also differences in the plasma membrane composition, ribosomes, and. Differences in transcription and translation also exist between the two. Classification of prokaryotes within each domain is difficult. Prokaryotes are very small and structurally simple. Prokaryotes do not have a huge array of anatomical differences that can be used to distinguish between groups. Classification of prokaryotes within each domain is difficult (continued) Both bacteria and archaea are very small, ranging from 0. 2 to 10 micrometers in diameter. Flagella are the primary means of locomotion in prokaryotes. Flagella are found singly, in pairs, as a tuft at one end of the cell, or scattered over the entire cell surface. In bacteria, a wheel-and-axle arrangement anchors the flagellum within the cell wall and plasma membrane, enabling the flagellum to rotate rapidly.

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