Bacterial cells
Bacteria are single-celled organisms.
Key points to note when comparing and contrasting the structure of bacterial cells with animal and plant cells are that they:
- Do not contain a nucleus - DNA is a circular chromosome that floats in the cytoplasm.
- Have a cell membrane.
- Have cytoplasm
- Have a non-cellulose cell wall
- Have plasmids - rings of DNA floating in cytoplasm also.
