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characteristics of prokaryotes
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- S: nucleus is not enclosed
- S: lack membrane-enclosed organelles
- unicellular, filamentous chain or cells, or colonial
- binary fission NO mitosis
- many form biofilms
- have distrinctive modes of locomotion: flagells, gliding mechanisms, gas vesicles.
- cell wall present for protection
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| how did organisms proliferat and move onto land |
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| oxygenic photosynthesis by cyanobacterium increased the amount of oxygen in the atmospher and eventually led to the formation of an ozone layer, shielding land organism from harmful UV rays |
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- Typically have more metabolic pathway diversity than the eukaryotes
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| Characteristics of Archae |
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