Prokaryotes and Eukaryotes: Introduction and Difference

Prokaryotic Cell	Eukaryotic cell
Size is 0.1- 5.0 um	Size is 5-100 um
Nucleus is absent	Nucleus is present
Membrane-bound nucleus absent.	Membrane-bound Nucleus is present.
One chromosome is present	More than one number of chromosomes is present.
Unicellular	Multicellular
Lysosomes and Peroxisomes absent	Lysosomes and Peroxisomes present
Microtubules absent	Microtubules present
Endoplasmic reticulum absent	Endoplasmic reticulum present
Mitochondria absent	Mitochondria present
Cytoskeleton absent	Cytoskeleton present
Ribosomes smaller	Ribosomes larger
Vesicles present	Vesicles present
Golgi apparatus absent	Golgi apparatus present
Chloroplasts absent; chlorophyll scattered in the cytoplasm	Chloroplasts present in plants
Vacuoles absent	Vacuoles absent
Permeability of Nuclear membrane is not present	Permeability of Nuclear membrane is selective
Sexual reproduction is absent	Sexual reproduction is present
Endocytosis and exocytosis are absent.	Endocytosis and exocytosis occurred
It may have pili and fimbriae.	Pili and fimbriae are absent
Transcription occurs in the cytoplasm	Transcription occurs inside the nucleus.