Biology as Poetry: Cell Biology

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Prokaryotic Cell

Basic unit of life for organisms whose chromosomes are not surrounded by a nuclear membrane.

See by contrast eukaryotic cell.

The following is a list of terms associated cells generally:

Cell,  Cell biology,  Cell culture,  • Cell division •,  Cell membrane,  • Cell-to-cell communication •,  Cell wall,  Cellular organism,  Chromosome,  Compartmentalization,  Cristae,  Cytoplasm,  Cytosol,  • Eukaryotic cell •,  Fluid mosaic model,  Glycocalyx,  Granum,  Membrane-bound organelle,  Organelle,  Phagolysosome,  Plasma membrane,  Ribosome,  Signal sequence,  Surface-to-volume ratio,  Thylakoid,  Turgidity,  Vacuole

The following is a list of terms associated especially with prokaryotic cells:

Acid fast,  Amphitrichous,  Arrangement (cellular),  Atrichous,  Axial filament,  Bacillus (morphology),  Binary fission,  Capsule,  Cell envelope,  Coccus,  Conjugation (sex) pili,  Diplococcus,  Endoflagella,  Endospore,  Extracellular polymeric substance (EPS),  Fimbriae (fimbria),  Flagella (flagellum),  Gram negative,  Gram-positive cell wall, Inner membrane,  Inclusion,  Lophotrichous,  Monotrichous,  Nucleoid,  Outer membrane,  Peptidoglycan,  Peritrichous,  Pili (pilus),  Pleomorphic,  Porin,  Prokaryote,  Prokaryotic cell,  Sarcina (morphology),  Slime layer,  Spirilla (morphology),  Spirochete,  Staphylococcus (morphology),  Streptococcus (morphology),  Tetrad,  Vibrio (morphology)

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