PROKARYOTE CELL STRUCTURE
Ribosome: Sites of protein synthesis (scattered throughout cytoplasm
rather than in rER)
Mesosome:
Slime capsule: Layer of thick, jellylike sugars surrounding some
prokaryote cells to aid in protection.
Cell wall: Rigid to semirigid wall surrounding plasma membrane.
Contains pores to allow passage of materials in & out of cell. The cell
wall supports cell and provides shape.
Flagellum: One to many threadlike motile structures (locomotion)
Cell surface membrane:
Plasmid: Small, circular molecule of extra DNA within some prokaryote
cells. Contains a few genes & replicates separately from bacterial chromosome.
Naked Nucleic acid: The DNA within the prokaryote cell is not
wrapped around proteins to help shorten it. The DNA is by itself and so is considered
"naked".
Long & Slichter